Opening (some) Word 2007 docs in Word 2003

Robie
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Opening (some) Word 2007 docs in Word 2003

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Edit: Please ignore this. Problem solved - had to set the options in Word2007 to save document compatible to 2003. Please close/remove this post. Thanks.

Hi

I have a problem where I under Word2007, copy and paste content of another Word2007 docs into a new template. This template was created using Word 2003. All the copy/paste and save works fine under Word2007.

Then, when I try to open the same document under 2003, I get the 'File conversion' message and the content is gobledegook. Don't know where to go for this.
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Any ideas? Are there any options I should look at while copy/pasting docs within Word2007 environment? Thanks.
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HansV
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Re: Opening (some) Word 2007 docs in Word 2003

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It looks like the document was saved as a Word 2007 document (.docx) but with the extension changed to .doc.
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Hans