Word 2007 has a way to save a document in the Word 2003 (and prior) .DOC
format instead of the new .DOCX format. You can even set that as a default.
HTH,
Lon
___________________________________________________________
Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
Lon@pinpointtools.com
Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
www.pinpointtools.com
"Smike" <Smike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:42333929-8F82-4572-B603-0670927C5D85@microsoft.com...
> I'm trialing Office 2007 for small business and note a tip on the support
> site that says ONLY the standalone version of Outlook with Business
> Contact
> Manager works with Word 2003 etc.
>
> I'm an indepedent recruitment agent and I save, modify and re-issue to
> companies, many CV's from individuals using earlier versions of Word.
>
> Buying the student edition of Office and the standalone version of Outlook
> with Business Contact Manager would meet my needs and cost $200 LESS than
> buying the Small Business version because I don't need accounting software
> (low volume sales) and I don't need Publisher (WORD does the job).
>
> Am I correct in thinking that the Small Business version would not give me
> the compatibilty I need with my candidate's 'legacy' documents which I
> want
> to hold within Outlook BCM?