making my Microsoft 2000 capatible to 2003

Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that when we get
emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my Word 2000 so that it
is not gibberish when I print.....someone mentioned there could be a fix for
this.....

Word 2000 and Word 2003 are compatible...there is no software that you are
referring to.

"lilliemae" <> wrote in message
news:FBA43B76-4EE6-475D-A032-...
: Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that when we
get
: emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my Word 2000 so that
it
: is not gibberish when I print.....someone mentioned there could be a fix
for
: this.....

so, could it be that I am having problems when it is MS Word 2007??

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:

> Word 2000 and Word 2003 are compatible...there is no software that you are
> referring to.
>
> "lilliemae" <> wrote in message
> news:FBA43B76-4EE6-475D-A032-...
> : Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that when we
> get
> : emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my Word 2000 so that
> it
> : is not gibberish when I print.....someone mentioned there could be a fix
> for
> : this.....
>
>
>

Is it gibberish when you view/open it on screen also or only when you print?

Is this a Word document or an email message that you are having the problem
with?



"lilliemae" wrote:

> so, could it be that I am having problems when it is MS Word 2007??
>
> "Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
>
> > Word 2000 and Word 2003 are compatible...there is no software that you are
> > referring to.
> >
> > "lilliemae" <> wrote in message
> > news:FBA43B76-4EE6-475D-A032-...
> > : Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that when we
> > get
> > : emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my Word 2000 so that
> > it
> > : is not gibberish when I print.....someone mentioned there could be a fix
> > for
> > : this.....
> >
> >
> >

You didn't say anything originally about MS word 2007, did you!!!!!
Yes, it could be. Download the compatibility pack from MS.

"lilliemae" <> wrote in message
news:4BA5C709-BBCC-4208-B6B5-...
: so, could it be that I am having problems when it is MS Word 2007??
:
: "Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
:
: > Word 2000 and Word 2003 are compatible...there is no software that you
are
: > referring to.
: >
: > "lilliemae" <> wrote in message
: > news:FBA43B76-4EE6-475D-A032-...
: > : Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that when
we
: > get
: > : emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my Word 2000 so
that
: > it
: > : is not gibberish when I print.....someone mentioned there could be a
fix
: > for
: > : this.....
: >
: >
: >

lilliemae wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that
> when we get emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my
> Word 2000 so that it is not gibberish when I print.....someone
> mentioned there could be a fix for this.....

Looking at the entire conversation...

- Is it an Office 2003 document or Office 2007 document you are getting
(does the file extension end with an x - like "*.docx"?)
- Is it only when you *print* that things go to garbled status?
- Is it *any* printer - even if you install a free PDF printer (like
PDFCreator) and print to PDF?

If it is Office 2007 documents - you might try the compatibility pack...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

If only when you print - do the PDF test *and* update your printer drivers
to the latest as provided by the prionter manufacturer on their web page for
the operating system you have. ( PDFCreator -
http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator/download )

You could also get a Word Viewer...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Combine it with the 'Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats' from above and you can view/print all word
documents through 2007.

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lilliemae wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone knows of a software to install so that when we
> get
> emails, etc from Word 2003, it will be compatible to my Word 2000 so that
> it
> is not gibberish when I print.....someone mentioned there could be a fix
> for
> this.....