Microsoft 2003 docx support

I teach on-line and when I try to open a docx file into word , it comes up in Word Pad which does not give me the proper page breaks so I cannot grade the document. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Stefan Blom MVP. See this article:.

In Office Word , alignment tabs are used to position text relative to the margins of your document or a region within the document and adjust their position if you change the margins. If you save the document in Word format, alignment tabs will be permanently replaced with traditional tabs and will no longer automatically adjust their position if you change the margins.

If you have used alignment tabs to create a complex layout, the tabs may shift position and change the appearance of your document. In text boxes, text that is centered vertically or aligned to the bottom will be permanently aligned to the top even if you later convert the document to Word format.

Tracked moves will be converted to deletions and insertions. If you save the document in Word format, tracked moves will become tracked deletions and insertions. If you later convert the document to Word format, the tracked insertions and deletions will not be converted back to tracked moves.

New numbering formats will be converted to Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, Lists that are formatted with the new numbering formats , , , , Shapes and text boxes will be converted to effects available in this format. Shapes and text boxes that are created in Word can be formatted with a variety of new effects, such as Bevel and 3-D Rotation, that aren't available in previous versions of Word.

In previous versions of Word, these effects will be converted to effects that are available in those versions. If the text effects are applied by using a custom style, they will appear again when the document is reopened in Word Alternative text is displayed when a document is on the Web. In Word format, alternative text on tables is permanently removed. All information on where other authors are editing in this document will be permanently removed.

Author blocks are removed from any regions to which they were applied, and the entire document is available for editing. A chart in this document may contain data in cells outside of the row and column limit of the selected file format.

Data beyond IV columns by 65, rows will not be saves. Some charts and diagrams will be converted to images that cannot be changed. If the chart or diagram is based on data beyond the rows and columns supported by Word , that data will be lost. Word Word Starter More Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Choose the download you want. Download Summary:. Total Size: 0. Back Next.

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