Situation #1: You are in a fix for saving a file hurriedly in the new Office 2007 formats (docx, xlsx, pptx) formats only to discover that the destination PC doesn't support it.
Situation #2: Mom, Dad and sis find it weird to set the file type, worse they don't understand why older versions of MS Office don't support the new file types. :S
Here is a mini guide (for those who don't know that you can set office to save files in the popular formats i.e doc, xlx, ppt by default).
Step#1: Open MS Word / Excel / Powerpoint 2007 :bleh: and click on the Microsoft Office Logo on the Top Left corner of the screen.
Step2: Click on "Word Options" (if you are setting it for MS Word 2007, for excel it is "Excel Options" and for powerpoint it is "Powerpoint options")in the new window that opens (towards the bottom of the window).
Step#3: Now Click on the "Save" tab towards the left of the window.
Step#4: Select the default file type in the drop down window named "Save Files in This Format".
Step#5: Click OK :hap2:
You need to do this individually for Word / Excel and Powerpoint.
For System Administrators Download Office 2007 Administrative Templates
Situation #2: Mom, Dad and sis find it weird to set the file type, worse they don't understand why older versions of MS Office don't support the new file types. :S
Here is a mini guide (for those who don't know that you can set office to save files in the popular formats i.e doc, xlx, ppt by default).
Step#1: Open MS Word / Excel / Powerpoint 2007 :bleh: and click on the Microsoft Office Logo on the Top Left corner of the screen.
Step2: Click on "Word Options" (if you are setting it for MS Word 2007, for excel it is "Excel Options" and for powerpoint it is "Powerpoint options")in the new window that opens (towards the bottom of the window).
Step#3: Now Click on the "Save" tab towards the left of the window.
Step#4: Select the default file type in the drop down window named "Save Files in This Format".
Step#5: Click OK :hap2:
You need to do this individually for Word / Excel and Powerpoint.
For System Administrators Download Office 2007 Administrative Templates
- Add the Microsoft Office 2007 Administrative Templates to the Group Policy Management Console.
- In the left pane of the Group Policy Management Console, double-click User Configuration, and then double-click Administrative Templates (Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) in Windows Vista).
- Then follow the above steps to set and change the default saving file format in Office 2007 programs.