Have Another Apple

Many users have now tried and used Office:Mac 2008 and one of the first features they will notice is that their documents in Word save as .docx as apposed to .doc. This can be a worry for new converts, especially if they are transferring their files to a Mac with Office 2004 or a Windows machine without Office 2007. You are able to change the document manually each time, however if you are willing to make this permanent, then the steps will be explained in this article.

1. Click Word in the Menubar, then preferences.
   

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2. A menu screen should appear. Press the ‘Save’ icon:
   
3. Change "Word document .docx" to "Word 97-2004 document .doc".
   
4. Press OK and you are set up. Each document now will have the default of .doc. If you need to save a file in docx, you can simply change it when you save the document via the Save Window.

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