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Help and support for Microsoft Word 2003. Links to customer service and technical solutions, downloads, updates, and answers to top issues.

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Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word

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Conversion

how-to articles - Conversion

how-to articles - Conversion

Limitations when you save a Word document as a Web page
Discusses the limitations that you encounter when you save a Word document as a Web page.
How to open new file formats in earlier versions of Microsoft Office
Describes the installation requirements to open and save files that are in the Open XML Formats by using earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
How to disable the prompt to download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Describes how to disable the prompt to download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for the earlier versions of Excel, of PowerPoint, and of Word to open and to save files from 2007 Office programs.

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Download details - Conversion

Download details - Conversion

Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 12, 2007
Describes the Word 2003 issues that are fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated February 12, 2007.
Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...
Issues that are fixed in the update to the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Describes several issues that are resolved after you install the updated Office Compatibility Pack. Describes how to obtain and install the update for the Compatibility Pack.
The Convert File dialog box does not appear when you open a document that was not saved as a Word document in Word 2003
Describes a problem that occurs where the Convert File dialog box does not run as expected when you open a file that was not saved as a Word document.

Troubleshooting - Conversion

Troubleshooting - Conversion

The File Conversion dialog box appears when you try to open a Word 2007 document that has an attached template
Describes a behavior that occurs when the attached template was created in Word 2007. Provides a workaround.
The ConfirmConversions property in Macro changes the "Confirm Conversion at Open" option in Word
Describes when you use the ConfirmConversions property in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the command may change the setting of the Confirm conversion at Open option.
Error message in Office when a file is blocked by registry policy settings
Describes an issue that occurs when you try to open or to save a file type that is blocked by your registry policy setting in one of the programs in Office 2013, Office 2010, the 2007 Office system, or Office 2003.

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