Re: GEN? TECH? Saving Word documents in other version

[Chuck Finnigan <cfinnigan@SWSD.WEDNET.EDU>]

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> Subject:      Re: GEN? TECH? Saving Word documents in other version
>
> Hi ... Word 97 lets you  "save as" (click on File, then on Save As...)
> a
> whole raft of formats, including older versions of Word -- click on
> the
> "Save as Type" scroll arrow and read the rest of the list.  BUT the
> conversion option from Word 97 to Word 6 was buggy, and that
> conversion only
> works right if you have a patch that fixes the problem (or maybe the
> latest
> release of Word 97 incorporates the fix).  Also, my experience has
> been that
> it can be a GIANT pain to try to deal with a Word 6 file (at least one
> with
> lots of graphics) in Word 97.  I tried it ONCE and said "never again,"
> as it
> seemed to take *forever*.  (First I said "%#&*%&$^&$@@!!")
>
> I use Office 4.3 at home (that includes Word 6), and now use Word 97
> at work
> (having recently moved to Office 97 there), in both cases under Win
> 95.
>
> Bottom line: if you save documents at work as Word 97 documents, then
> you
> cannot read them at home.  BUT there is an alternative.  Win 95's
> WordPad
> program saves in Word 6 format (and a couple of other choices)!  For
> documents that are fairly uncomplicated, this could be a good
> solution.  I
> do a LOT in WordPad, and find it quite useful.
>
> Ken
>
>

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