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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, I do so on a regular basis with no problems whatsoever. The latest version of Word (Word 2007) opens documents created at least as far back as Word 6 with no problems whatsoever. What difficulties have you encountered?
Word format is certainly proprietary, but, should you be one of the few people not to have Microsoft Office, there are free programs such as Open Office which can handle the format.
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Unfortunately, I encounter problems with older formats every day at work. I have got Word 2007, my collegue have got 2003 and others some other versions I do not remember. Word usually opens older file correctly, but during editation, the software behaved weirdly - changes format of some text I didn't want to and mostly the best practice is to "copy& paste as a nonformatted text" and create formating totally from the beginning (I could say I am advanced pc user, without boast).
Anyway, older/newer versions was only one of problems using such file format: Not many of ereaders can read .doc. It is not any ISO standart. Microsoft will abandon the .doc completely in next version. The format is bloated.
Anyway, I am free to discusion. Tell me any solid reason why to use it as output format.