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Originally Posted by Laurentiu
Isn't that a step backward? All previous versions were compatible 100% with the previous one.
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No. This isn't the first time programs have introduced new file formats, and it won't be the last-and every time there are compatibility issues when transferring documents between early adopters & late adopters.
IMO it's incumbent on the person who upgrades their program to understand that *they* have made a personal change & it's rude and inconsiderate of them to expect everybody else to make a similar change to keep up.
OTOH Microsoft has made the compatibility pack available for free, for exactly this reason. My suggestion is, if you don't want to/can't remember to save documents in the older format before sending them to others, keep a link to that compatibility pack on hand & email that along with the document.
Of course by now, 3 years after 2007 was introduced, it's my opinion that most people should have that-but experience has shown that I'm wrong in that. Don't know why, but I still hear from quite a few people who not only don't have 2007 (no surprise there) but also haven't yet installed the compatibility pack.
The link, BTW, is
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Just in case you don't already have it.