The most noticeable of these are the document Themes and Smart Art. When your document is in Compatibility Mode, you cannot use a few of the features that are new to Office 2007. When working in Compatibility Mode, you will notice that many options are grayed out on the Ribbon. Changing the files to a 2007 file format fixed both problems. Again, this is because the file was in Compatibility Mode. Another person called because they were using a Word document with a table in it, and could not make a row in the table break across two pages. This was because the file was in Compatibility Mode (i.e. Everything worked fine until she tried to complete the merge. Recently I helped someone who was doing a mail merge in Word 2007. Occasionally when you are working on a 2003 file in Office 2007 you may find that a feature is not working properly. If you open a 2003 file in Office 2007, you will see Compatibility Mode in brackets at the top of your file. Using a 2003 File on a Computer with Office 2007 or 2010 How do I know if my document is saved in the 2003 or 2007 file format? Look at the file extensionĪccess.
Extra steps will also need to be taken to get the full functionality of Office 2007 when you have a file saved in a 2003 file format. Extra steps will need to be taken to use a 2007 file on a computer that runs Office 2003. However, these file types are not compatible with each other. Office 2007 introduced many new features, including new file types for Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access.
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