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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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Opening and Saving Documents

how-to articles - Opening and Saving Documents

how-to articles - Opening and Saving Documents

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.
List of the privileges that are required in a Novell NetWare network to run Word
Describes the privileges that are needed to perform specific operations of Word in a Novell Netware network. Also describes the symptoms of missing privileges.
How to start Word with a template other than the Normal template in Word
Discusses how to use a command-line switch to specify a template besides the Normal template in Word 2002. By default, Word opens new documents with the Normal template (Normal.dot).

Download details - Opening and Saving Documents

Download details - Opening and Saving Documents

You receive an "Another version of this product is installed" error message when you try to help protect or to open an IRM document in an Office 2003 program
Describes a problem where you receive a "Another version of this product is installed" error message when you try to open an IRM protected document or you try to protect a document in an Office 2003 program.
You receive an error message when you try to save a document, print a document or quit Word 2003
Describes a problem that occurs where you receive an error message when you try to print, quit, or save a Word 2003 document.
Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 19, 2005
Describes the Microsoft Office 2003 issue that is fixed in the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated March 19, 2005.

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Troubleshooting - Opening and Saving Documents

Troubleshooting - Opening and Saving Documents

The Save As dialog box is displayed when you use Windows Explorer to open an Office file after you install the Compatibility Pack
Describes an issue in which the Save As dialog box appears when you try open Excel, PowerPoint, or Word files in Windows Explorer after you install the Office Compatibility Pack.
The "Browse in same window" check box is unavailable for 2007 Office file types after you install the "Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats"
Describes the issue in which you cannot select the "Browse in same window" check box for 2007 Office file types even after you install the Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office.
Changes to an Office Open XML Formats file are not saved when you click a hyperlink to open the file
Describes the issue that occurs when you open an Office Open XML Formats file by using an earlier version of an Office program.

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WebCast: How to use Microsoft Office Word 2003 as your XML editor

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