How do I read something from word 2007 to 2003.?

Question

i'm trying to read a word 2007 document n a machine that has word 2003. it comes up with this weird text when i open it. How do I fix it.

But the thing is it was send to me from someone with 2007, and their not on their computer right now so they cant send it again. is there some kind of converter?

When I downloaded that thing and opened it it comes up as excel.

Answer 1

Click Open and at the bottom of the dialogue box at 'Files of Type' click the dropdown and choose 'Recover text from any file'. This should allow you to read the document but formatting may be lost.

Answer 2

Open the document in Word 2007, then use the SAVE AS option to save the doucment, under a different name. Look at the save as drop down box and select Word 2003 and save it.

You will loose any Word 2007 features that are not in Word 2007 in this process. However all compatible features will read over and it can be opened in Word 2003

Answer 3

Whoever created the Word 2007 document used a feature that Word 2003 can not interpret. Check the Micrsoft.com web site. They should have a viewer/filter for Word 2007 files.

Answer 4

In word 2007, when you save the file, go to the orb thingy > save as > Word 97-2003 document. THen you can read it in 2003.

Answer 5

You will have to go back to 2007 and save it in a format which 2003 can read. Unfortunately Microsoft decided not to make Office 2007 and 2003 compatible, which is creating a lot of problems for many people. If you save it in .rtf (rich text format), you should be able to read it in any version of Word.

Answer 6

go back to the computer with word 2007 open the page click file save as and the under the save file type look for something that says .doc or word 2003 or later

Answer 7

Install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Information and download links at the bottom.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Brief Description
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451 for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word.

Answer 8

the best thing to try if you can't get it to work is to take the extension (DOCX) and delete the X and see if it will read. Otherwise, the person who sent it to you has to save it as a word 1997-2003 document and resend it back to you in order for you to be able to read it.

Answer 9

just keep trying n it will work