Document Files

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Changing the Default Document Format
If you don't want Word to store documents using its default document format, it is an easy task to specify a different format. Follow the steps in this tip, and you will be saving in different formats in no time.

Saving a Document as Read-Only
When you want to lessen the chances of other people changing your documents, you need to save them in a read-only format. This tip discusses several different ways you can limit the changes that other people make to a document.

Specifying a Default Name for Documents
When you first save a document, Word tries to come up with a "best guess" as to what the document's name should be. Why make Word guess? You can provide a default name for each document by setting the title field in the document's properties.

Word 2007 Documents Unreadable in Earlier Word Versions
Some people report that even if they save a Word 2007 document in a format suitable for earlier versions of Word, the document file contains XML instead of information that can be used by the earlier versions. This tip discusses this problem and suggests a possible workaround if you encounter the issue.

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