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Word 2003, 2002 and 97 Compatibility Tips Are you still working with Word 97 documents. You should be aware that some features in Microsoft Office Word 2003 aren't supported in Word 97 documents. To make sure that documents appear correctly in earlier versions of Word, formatting that isn't supported can be removed and replaced with formatting that is supported. If your client is works with Word 97, you should disable Word 2003 features to ensure when they open documents the formatting you see is retained.When you select the Disable features introduced after check box, | Tools menu, Options command, Save tab |, features that are not supported by Word 97 become unavailable for use in the Office Word 2003 document. Choosing to disable these options makes it easier for you to create documents that appear correctly in Word 97.
Features that are unavailable in Word 97Colors
24-bit color in Office Word 2003 
With 24-bit color you have more choices for items such as fonts, borders, and shading. Items colored with shades not available in Word 97 will be converted to the nearest supported color. Table Formatting
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| | This formatting in Office Word 2003 
 No space between HTML table cells
 Space between HTML table cells
Cell "padding" (spacing between the boundary of an HTML cell and the text inside the cell) Allow page breaks in a table turned on 
| Text wrapped around floating object |
| Looks like this in Word 97 
| No nested table. The text is
placed in the outer table cell. |
| Space between HTML table cells is lost in Word 97. |
HTML cell padding is lost in Word 97.
Allow page breaks in a table turned off in Word 97.
| Object is moved to the paragraph above the table. |
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Character FormattingUnderline color - Underline color becomes the color of the associated text.
- Decorative underline styles
- Decorative underline styles become a single underline.
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Page Layout
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| This formatting in Office Word 2003 
Text-wrapping line break
Graphic Formatting This formatting in Office Word 2003
| Text wrapped around floating object Pictures and objects aligned horizontally right, center, inside, or outside Objects and pictures with allow overlap turned off Objects and pictures do not allow overlap
Middle- or bottom-aligned object |
Pictures and objects positioned relative to line Pictures and objects positioned relative to character |
| Looks like this in Word 97 
Regular line break
Looks like this in Word 97
| Object is moved to the paragraph above the table. |
Pictures and objects that are aligned horizontally right, center, inside, or outside shift slightly but are close to their original position in Word 97. Objects and pictures are allowed to overlap. Some objects and pictures may be obscured in Word 97. Objects and pictures are allowed to overlap. Some objects and pictures may be obscured in Word 97. 
| Middle- or bottom-aligned objects move up. |
Pictures and objects that are positioned relative to line are positioned relative to paragraph. Objects and pictures may shift in Word 97. Pictures and objects that are positioned relative to character are positioned relative to column. Objects and pictures may shift in Word 97. |
MarkupMarkup balloons - Although markup
balloons are not turned off in Office Word 2003 when you turn off features not supported by Word 97, Word 97 does not use them. Instead, tracked changes appear in the text of the document and comments are displayed in the comment pane or in Screen Tips rather than in balloons.
Security- Digital signatures
- Digital signatures are lost.
Asian Text FormattingHorizontal in Vertical - Horizontal in Vertical becomes horizontal text in Word 97.
- Two Lines in One
- Two Lines in One becomes one regular line in Word 97.
- First and last line breaks control characters
- Line breaks do not respect these character settings in Word 97.
- Character grid
- Text does not snap to grid in Word 97.
- Emphasis characters
- Emphasis characters are removed and text is underlined in Word 97.
Note Because Microsoft Word 97 and later versions share a common file format, if you share documents with people who use Microsoft Word 2002, Word 2000, or Word 97, you can save your documents in the default Word document format. When you open a Microsoft Office Word 2003 document in Word 2002 or Word 2000, most items in your document will be unchanged. Therefore, there isn't an option to disable Word 2002 or Word 2000 features. Back to Top
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