How to save as Word 2007 without Word 2007

[ugcheleuce]

Hello everyone



As you may be aware, both Word 2007 and Word 2016 create "DOCX" files but the files created by them are not quite the same.

If I have Word 2016, but I want my documents to be saved in Word 2007 format, how can I accomplish that without installing Word 2007 as well?

I have a program on my computer that can read Word 2007 files but not Word 2016 files. So, if I receive DOCX files from other people who had used Word 2016 to save those files, and I only have Word 2016 myself, how can I convert those files to a DOCX format that a "Word 2007-only" program will accept?

Is there some conversion tool available?

Thanks
Samuel

[Charles Kenyon]

I know of no way to do it. Word 2007 can open Word 2016 files.
You can save in .doc format.
There may be other third-party programs out there.

Can the other program read those files?

You could talk to the developers of your other program and point out that it has been more than ten years.

[ugcheleuce]

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

You could talk to the developers of your other program and point out that it has been more than ten years.

The "other" program is an older version of a program that has newer versions capable of reading Word 2016 format, but the older versions have some features no longer present in newer versions (it's amazing how often developers remove useful features from their programs in newer versions, for no apparent reason).

Yes, I was hoping that you'd know of a third-party tool (sorry if that hadn't been clear).