Word 2007 – Saving as Word 2003 or previous

This question recently came up, so I thought I’d put a quick how-to up here for future reference.

Basically, there are two ways you can do this – by individual document, or change the default file format to Word 97-2003 compatible.

Save individual document as Word 2003 format

1. Click on the Office icon button in the top left corner of the screen.

   

2. Select “Save As” & “Word 97-2003 Document” from the flyout menu

   

Change default file format to Word 97-2003 compatible

1. Click on the Office icon button in the top left corner of the screen.

   

2. Click on “Word Options” button at the bottom of the menu

   

3. Select the “Save” tab from the left-side navigation and change the selected file format in the drop-down box to “Word 97-2003 Document”
   

Hope this helps. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment below, and I’ll do my best to help you out.