Microsoft KB Archive/161984

= WD97: "Save Word Files As" Help Topic Incorrect =

Article ID: 161984

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161984



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, the following statement in Help may be misleading:   If you always save documents in a different format, for example, if you need to share documents with coworkers who are using a previous version of Office, you can change the default file format Word uses to save documents. This statement applies only to new documents that you save in Word. If you open an existing document, Word detects the document format. When you save the document, Word retains that existing format, unless you specifically change the "Save as type" option in the Save As dialog box.



CAUSE
The "Save Word files as" option is used to set the default format that Word will use each time you save a new document. However, changing the "Save Word files as" option has no effect on the format Word uses to save existing documents.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
To change the "Save Word files as" option, use the following steps:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options, and click the Save tab.
 * 2) Change the "Save Word files as" option to the desired format, and then click OK.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

161978 Word 97: RTF Format Given to File Saved in Word 6.0/95

162602 WORD 97: Questions About Saving in the Word 6.0/95 File Format

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97

Keywords: kbconversion kbinterop kbualink97 KB161984

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