Open 97-2003 docs & worksheets in Office 2007

[Vista, Office 2007]
Although I have Office 2007 I save most docs and spreadsheets in 97-2003
format by default, so they are accessible to colleagues.

Each time I try to open a file I get a message that it can't be found, but
when I click on it a second time it opens.

This is a minor but annoying problem. Can anyone help?

Thank you.

"Fat Doris" <FatDoris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F902489-03B1-4831-82FE-3B75DD4A7B8E@microsoft.com...
> [Vista, Office 2007]
> Although I have Office 2007 I save most docs and spreadsheets in 97-2003
> format by default, so they are accessible to colleagues.
>
> Each time I try to open a file I get a message that it can't be found, but
> when I click on it a second time it opens.
>
> This is a minor but annoying problem. Can anyone help?
>
> Thank you.


Not exactly an answer, but you could get your colleagues to download and
install the Office 2007 Compatibility pack....apart from anything else it
would give them access to the 2007 fonts....

Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en