why can't others in office open my office 2007 attachments?

it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x on
any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
others can open and read, either excell or word.

You need to do a Save As and change the format to a 97-2003 format. The
..docx format is new to Office 2007.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"RM" <RM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39DC1577-9C14-47B9-9F40-38CE34302D30@microsoft.com...
> it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x
> on
> any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
> others can open and read, either excell or word.

..docx is the new Word 2007 file format. If your coworkers don't have
Word 2007 yet, then you should "save as" to the Word 97-2003 .doc
format, or your coworkers can install the Office 2007 compatibility pack
from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
to allow their older Office programs to open Office 2007 files.

RM wrote:

> it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x on
> any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
> others can open and read, either excell or word.

That was it!! Thank you so much for your help.
RM

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

> You need to do a Save As and change the format to a 97-2003 format. The
> ..docx format is new to Office 2007.
>
> --
> JoAnn Paules
> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>
> ~~~~~
> How to ask a question
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> "RM" <RM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39DC1577-9C14-47B9-9F40-38CE34302D30@microsoft.com...
> > it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x
> > on
> > any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
> > others can open and read, either excell or word.
>
>
>

That was it!! Thank you so much for your help.
RM

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> ..docx is the new Word 2007 file format. If your coworkers don't have
> Word 2007 yet, then you should "save as" to the Word 97-2003 .doc
> format, or your coworkers can install the Office 2007 compatibility pack
> from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> to allow their older Office programs to open Office 2007 files.
>
> RM wrote:
>
> > it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x on
> > any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
> > others can open and read, either excell or word.
>
>