How To Save Files in Office 2007

Save As ...

Documents in Word 2007 format have a .docx suffix.

This file format is not compatible with previous versions of Office, such as Office 2000, or with Macs. If you share a ".docx" document with someone who has an earlier version of Office or a Mac, he or she will have trouble viewing it.

To make sure your document can be read by others, follow the steps below:

  1. Click on the icon in the upper left hand corner of Word
  2. Click on ‘Save As”
  3. Screen Shot of Save in Word 2007Select ‘Word 97 – 2003 Document”

Change Default Setting

Another option for ensuring compatibility is to customize how documents are saved. To change your default save to the ".doc" extentions do the following:

  1. Screen shot of Word MenuGo to the Office button and click the "Word Options" button
  2. Click "Save"
  3. Screen shot of Save menu Office 2007In the pull-down menu "Save files in this format," select Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)

Follow the same procedure to save documents, if you use Microsoft PowerPoint, Access, or Excel 2007. Choose ‘Save As’ and then 97-2003 version.