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Microsoft Office 2007

by samlopez Feb 26, 2007 4:34PM PST

How do you change the save default from .docx to .doc

It is annoying to click the save as arrow and select .doc

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Tell it to save in Office 97,2000,2003 formats.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 26, 2007 8:05PM PST

The new extension is for the new file format. It would do more harm to force it to the old file extension yet have the new file format inside.

Bob

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