Using Word 2007 - Sharing Documents With Other Users and Computers

The new Microsoft Word 2007 has introduced new file formats (*.docx and *.docm); these formats are not automatically supported or recognized by older versions of Microsoft Word or other word processing programs. For other users or computers to open, view or print your Word 2007 file they would either have install a program update (if available) or the Word 2007 user should save documents in a more portable format.

Options for the Word 2007 user include
 * Save As Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)
 * Save As Rich Text Format (*.rtf)

Saving a new document

When a new document is saved for the first time it performs a Save As function. In the Save As you can save the new document as a Word Document (*.docx), Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc) and Rich Text Format (*.rtf) as well as other formats. If a Word 97-2003 document (*.doc) is opened it will be automatically saved as a Word 97-2003 document when saved or closed.

Save As

Click on the "Office Button" (located in top left hand corner of the office window) Choose *Save As* Choose your format.

What is Rich Text Format?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The *Rich Text Format* (often abbreviated to *RTF*) is a proprietary document  file format     developed by Microsoft  since 1987  for cross-platform  document interchange. Most word processors    are able to read and write RTF documents. Unlike most word processing formats, RTF is   human-readable."

"Most word processing software implementations support RTF format import and export, often making  it a "common" format between otherwise incompatible word processing software."