problem when saving documents in word 2003

Hello sdieken,

are you trying to save them in Word 97 format, maybe the combobox with Save as Type on the save as dialog is showing another format then (*.doc)?

or are these older documents made in Word 97 and now opened in Word 2003, if thats the case word is probably trying to save them in the original format and thats where the messages are coming from, is the save as type showing something different then (*.doc) if yes change it to that and word will save your document in Word 2003 doc format.

bruintje

old documents created with word 97 is exactly what most of my documents are.
how can i update to 2003 versions?

You'll want to check two places:

1. Tools > Options > Save tab > uncheck (if checked) "Disable features introduced after :"

And

2. Tools > Options > Compatibility tab > change "Recommended options for:" dropdown to "Microsoft Office Word 2003"

Then try to open an old document and save it.  I'd hope it wouldn't give you any problems after that.

i'm still not sure if that is a problem

Word is only trying to save them in the original format on the save and has the message as per your comment

for each document when you use it be sure to save it explicitly as a (*.doc) version of the document forcing Word to save it as a Word 2003 document instead of trying to revert back to Word 97 format

Hi,

Pls try this link:

Results of saving Word 2003 documents in RTF, Word 97, and Web page formats
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/assistance/HP051901161033.aspx

May be this serves your purpose,

Thanks,

GBahri

nothing worked for me.

i do agree that i need to convert the files to word 2003.  but i have no idea how to do this.

there is no option to save as a specific word 2003 file.  there is no option to save as any specific year word document.

There's no option because the file format is the same between versions 97 and 2003.  The only difference between them is features introduced between application releases.

I suggest trying Word safe mode to see if Word itself is acting up (start > run > type winword /a and hit enter).  If that works, have a look at: http://howtotroubleshoot.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-to-clean-word.html

winword works
the feature that is the problem is the color of the fonts.

dopyii
thank you so much for a simple to perform task that accomplished what i was trying to do,

You're welcome!

So that took care of it?  That's awesome!