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Mimi asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Why some people cann't open MS Word 2007 document?

I sent MS Word 2007 documents to people, and some told me they couldn't open it. Why? Any solution?

Thanks.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    you probably saved it as a ms word 2007 file (.docx). Go to "save as" and choose the option that says ms word 1997-2003, and it should save as a .doc file instead of a .docx file. The recipient (I'm assuming the problem was he/she had an older version of word) should be able to open it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    When you have completed a document on Word 2007 and go to save it, there are several save options that allow you to save it in a format compatible with older versions of Word. Check your options before saving.

  • Thats because they've Office 2003 or below. When you save a document in office 2007, it'll be saved (by default) as a .docx file. Use the "save as" option for your document as a 2003 file. That would do.

  • 1 decade ago

    Your Word document may contain a feature that is only available to Word2007. Try Save-As and change the type to an older version of Word.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Save them as RTF documents if you want more people to be able to read it. MS uses a very particular format and if the user doesn't have the same exact office version they cant read them.. Save it in a more gerneralized format.

  • 1 decade ago

    I bleliev MS Word 2007 is not backward compatible with earlier versions. Save your document again and make it compatible with earlier versions...there is such an option under the save command...send it again and see what happens. good luck.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    If you are running Mac OSX: When you right click or control click on it, click "Other..." instead of MS Excel. Once your there, under "Enable" click "All Applications". Then, check the box that says "Always open with". Then you can select MS Word, and it should work. If you are running any other operating system: I don't know. Sorry.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    document 07 uses a kind of format so to open certain documents they need to update their ms office

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    do they have office? or a version of word?

    try resending and ***SAVE AS*** a RTF any word proscessinf application can open this even word pad

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    go back and save it in rich text format, rtf, if they don't have the newer version of word then they can't see it unless you save it in rtf.

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