Office version compatability

Hi,

If an office has multiple users using different versions of office( Office
2000, Office XP, Office 2003) are there any problems reading say, Word
documents?

For example, if a user saves a Word document and sends it to someone using
Word 2000, will they be able to open it; or will they get an error. Does the
person with the newer version of Office 2003 need to manually save it as an
older version of office to make it readable?

Thanks,

A Word document created in Microsoft Word
can be easily opened using any version of
Microsoft Word.

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"Rob Hutchinson" wrote:

| Hi,
|
| If an office has multiple users using different versions of office( Office
| 2000, Office XP, Office 2003) are there any problems reading say, Word
| documents?
|
| For example, if a user saves a Word document and sends it to someone using
| Word 2000, will they be able to open it; or will they get an error. Does the
| person with the newer version of Office 2003 need to manually save it as an
| older version of office to make it readable?
|
| Thanks,

The file format for Word has been the same from Word 97 - Word 2003 so
they are compatible.

Now, there have been a few enhancements to various features that may
not display the same between versions but they shouldn't prevent the
files from being opened unless the documents are password protected
with am encryption level not recognized by the previous version.

I open documents created in Word 2003 in previous versions all the
time and have yet to encounter any substantial variations.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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"Rob Hutchinson" wrote in
message ...
Hi,

If an office has multiple users using different versions of
office( Office
2000, Office XP, Office 2003) are there any problems reading say,
Word
documents?

For example, if a user saves a Word document and sends it to someone
using
Word 2000, will they be able to open it; or will they get an error.
Does the
person with the newer version of Office 2003 need to manually save
it as an
older version of office to make it readable?

Thanks,