BUG: Word'07 Compatibility Mode for New Docs

[funnybroad]

According to the O2k7 Resource kit (specific page link below), if you set your default save format to the 97-2003 formats, when you create a new document in Word, it should automatically open the blank document in [Compatibility Mode]. I've tried two completely different installations (one at work with one set of media, and another at home with a different set of media), and this isn't the case. I have to first save the new blank document before [Compatibility Mode] kicks-in.

Excel and PowerPoint behave as described in the res. kit. New workbooks and presentations open up automatically in compatibility mode if you've set the default format to the 97-2003 formats.

Link to page in Resource Kit:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...-67e6-4948-9e76-81fce661210e1033.mspx?pf=true

I would like to know if anyone else out there is experiencing the same behavior, so that I can take it to our Microsoft rep and convince him that indeed it is a bug, and not a problem with how we're installing and configuring it.

 

[TonyJollans]

What you describe - and are asking about all over the place - does appear to be the case although whether or not it can be classed as a bug as opposed to an error on the web site is questionable.

When you save a document in Word 97-2003 format you will get warned about some compatibility issues - whether or not you are working in compatibility mode. I don't personally think compatibility mode is actually very useful - a nice idea, perhaps, but the actual implementation leaves a lot to be desired.

Enjoy,
Tony

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