Vista Word not compatible with normal Word???

I have Vista on my new laptop that I use at home.

For my job, I have to prepare Word docs, at home, and email them to my work
email/computer.

The problem is... when I try to open the docs that I have typed and saved at
home with Vista... my computer, at work which is not Vista, cannot read
them... it looks like Windings and symbols!

So, how can I make my computer at work compatible with my new Vista Word
from home?? I do a lot of work from home... and I need both Words to work
together. I'm a teacher... what can I say? haha


PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance.

Heather

You are probably saving the documents at home in the new Word 2007 .docx format. If that's the case, you have two options.

1. Set your Word 2007 at home to save in the older format. Press the Office Button (upper left corner), select Word Options at the bottom of the dialog, select Save, and there set Save files in this format: to Word97-2004 document (*.doc)

2. Get and install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats at:
http://tinyurl.com/ykums3
then install this on your work machine.

Option 1 is easier.

Val

ps - this is really a question for the Office groups. It's not a Vista problem. See microsoft.public.office.misc in the future.


"Heather" <> wrote in message newsC0A960D-EACE-4870-B0C0-...
I have Vista on my new laptop that I use at home.

For my job, I have to prepare Word docs, at home, and email them to my work
email/computer.

The problem is... when I try to open the docs that I have typed and saved at
home with Vista... my computer, at work which is not Vista, cannot read
them... it looks like Windings and symbols!

So, how can I make my computer at work compatible with my new Vista Word
from home?? I do a lot of work from home... and I need both Words to work
together. I'm a teacher... what can I say? haha


PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance.

Heather

Hello heather,

You have to save them in old format on the vista machine and it will work,
choose save as and then 97 - 2003 documents.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber (Myweb)
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> I have Vista on my new laptop that I use at home.
>
> For my job, I have to prepare Word docs, at home, and email them to my
> work email/computer.
>
> The problem is... when I try to open the docs that I have typed and
> saved at home with Vista... my computer, at work which is not Vista,
> cannot read them... it looks like Windings and symbols!
>
> So, how can I make my computer at work compatible with my new Vista
> Word from home?? I do a lot of work from home... and I need both Words
> to work together. I'm a teacher... what can I say? haha
>
> PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance.
>
> Heather
>

Thank you SO much Val... I really appreciate it

I didn't know where to post this question... so I just did it in the
"normal" discussion thread. I'll know where to post them next time! =)

Thanks again for the quick response!

Heather

"Val" wrote:

> You are probably saving the documents at home in the new Word 2007 .docx format. If that's the case, you have two options.
>
> 1. Set your Word 2007 at home to save in the older format. Press the Office Button (upper left corner), select Word Options at the bottom of the dialog, select Save, and there set Save files in this format: to Word97-2004 document (*.doc)
>
> 2. Get and install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats at:
> http://tinyurl.com/ykums3
> then install this on your work machine.
>
> Option 1 is easier.
>
> Val
>
> ps - this is really a question for the Office groups. It's not a Vista problem. See microsoft.public.office.misc in the future.
>
>
> "Heather" <> wrote in message newsC0A960D-EACE-4870-B0C0-...
> I have Vista on my new laptop that I use at home.
>
> For my job, I have to prepare Word docs, at home, and email them to my work
> email/computer.
>
> The problem is... when I try to open the docs that I have typed and saved at
> home with Vista... my computer, at work which is not Vista, cannot read
> them... it looks like Windings and symbols!
>
> So, how can I make my computer at work compatible with my new Vista Word
> from home?? I do a lot of work from home... and I need both Words to work
> together. I'm a teacher... what can I say? haha
>
>
> PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance.
>
> Heather
>
>