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Originally Posted by dianahbr
If a template is created in 2016, is it backwards compatible with 2010? There is a box to check that says Maintain compatibility so assume that takes care of that. But, if using a 2010 template is there anything that will cause any problems for using it strictly for 2016 and 2013? Is there any kind of conversion to put the template through?
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This all depends on the template.
- Using a 2016 template in an earlier version: Only problem will be features introduced in Word 2016 and not present earlier. Likely, no problems.
- Using 2010 template in Word 2016: It depends on the template. All you can do is try.
You can open a Word 2010 template (note OPEN) and use Save As to save it in Word 2016 format. You should see if there are problems. There should be no problems using such a template back in Word 2010.
I seldom convert templates unless I notice a problem with the documents produced by them unless I want to use features only available in a newer version. About half of the templates I currently use are .dot templates.
02-27-2018, 01:28 PM
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