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Word 2010 Disable Features introduced after 2003
I would like to save documents in .docx format but prevent the use of features introduced after Word 2003. I have the following code in AutoExec:
With Application.Options
.DisableFeaturesbyDefault = True
.DisableFeaturesIntroduced
End With
However, I can still use features such as SmartArt. Clearly I am misunderstanding something.
Please can someone tell me how to achieve this?
Many thanks.
With Application.Options
.DisableFeaturesbyDefault = True
.DisableFeaturesIntroduced
End With
However, I can still use features such as SmartArt. Clearly I am misunderstanding something.
Please can someone tell me how to achieve this?
Many thanks.
ASKER
THank you for your response. Yes, I completely understand why you would ask the question. Our customer wants to use .docx format for various reasons including file size and stability as well as perceived IT 'image'. However, they exchange documents with all sorts of other companies and individuals who may then edit the document in an earlier version. Therefore, they want to prevent users from using any of the features that will not survive the round trip.
I think the intention is to do just what you need. The SmartArt graphics will survive the round trip. It is the method of creating them that is new.
ASKER
Thanks for your reply, Graham.
I start 2010 with that macro in AutoExec and then create a document containing SmartArt graphics and a content control and save it in .docx format.
I email that to someone using 2003 and they open the document. They see a warning saying that features that do not existing that version of Word have been remove and that the layout an the ability to edit certain geates have changed.
They open and edit the file anyway and send it back to me.
I open in in 2010 and the SmartArt is a simple graphic element and the content control is just text.
I start 2010 with that macro in AutoExec and then create a document containing SmartArt graphics and a content control and save it in .docx format.
I email that to someone using 2003 and they open the document. They see a warning saying that features that do not existing that version of Word have been remove and that the layout an the ability to edit certain geates have changed.
They open and edit the file anyway and send it back to me.
I open in in 2010 and the SmartArt is a simple graphic element and the content control is just text.
My experiments must have been too simple. I'll have another look.
I can't find how to set the option manually, so the whole functionality may have been removed. It was a Save option and didn't work by disabling the word commands that used the new features, so was probably not the sort of thing that you are looking for.
ASKER
Sorry, Graham, I don't quite understand the second sentence of your answer.
Do you think there is any way to achieve what I am trying to do, either with or without code. I could have sworn I have seen a setting for this option in 2010 but I cannot find it either.
Do you think there is any way to achieve what I am trying to do, either with or without code. I could have sworn I have seen a setting for this option in 2010 but I cannot find it either.
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A good idea re the macro but I do not think that would be acceptable in this case. They have a cocument management system in place so it would get relatively messy. I guess they are either going to have to live with .doc format or go with .docx and train users accordingly.
please help me understand: if you don't want to include any features after 2003, why then save in docx format? It would be much easier to just use the Compatibility Mode and save as .doc instead.
You can still use all features in 2010, but when saving as a .doc, you will get the compatibility warnings. Also, SmartArt will be converted to a single object that cannot be edited in earlier versions.
cheers, teylyn