i have microsoft 2007 at home and my school carries 2003.?

Question

if i send a file from home, will my school be able to pick up the file even though it's the 2003 version?

Answer 1

You can select "save as" from the menu and the choose to save as a " 97-2003 Document"

Saving files in 97-2003 format in Office 2007 by default
http://www.dharwadkar.com/weblog/file_formats

Make Word 2007 Always Save in Word 2003 Format
Use the same procedure for Excel.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/make-word-2007-always-save-in-word-2003-format/


Open a PowerPoint 2007 presentation in an earlier version of PowerPoint
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100703231033.aspx
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It is best if the school installs the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack (free from Microsoft) on all their computers using Office 2003. This will allow Office 2003 to open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 file formats.


Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 file formats for Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003 users:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx

Download the Compatibility Pack here
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=DC101298101033&CTT=5&Origin=HA101686761033

Answer 2

Yest it will. Word 2007 has an option of saving/converting files from 1997/2003 Word. You just have to open the file as 2003 Word. Remember that if you write in 2007 and would like to open in 2003 you have to save your document as 2003 Word.

Answer 3

You may need to save it in the 2003 file format. Your school may not use a patch that allows 2007 files to be used on 2003 computers. Every place differs, but your best bet is to save it in the 2003 format just in case.

Answer 4

No, not unless the school (or the person who's on the receiving end) has done a tricky work-around that I recently saw in either the WSJ or local paper. However, you can save whatever Docs you want to send to the school in 2003 format (that's a "save as" choice) and things will be fine. MS Word 2007 is not back compatible.

Answer 5

Only if you save it as a 97-2003 Word Doc. If you save it as the default, no.

You can tell if you've saved it as a 2007 doc if it ends in .docx. When saving the file theres a drop down box below where you type the name of the file in. Change that drop down box to Word 97-2003.

Answer 6

Use file save as and choose 2003
You may loose some formating

Answer 7

Are you sure? We had '99 on our computer and couldn't open 2007. The only way I guess to find out is to try it.

Answer 8

It should be ok..2007 is backwards compatible