Originally Posted by Kanadesaga

1 On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.

2 In the Save Word files as box, click the file format you want.

Note The next time you save a document, a message asks if you want to save the document in the file format you selected or in another format. For information about the changes you can expect if you save a Word 97 document in another file format, click >>.


don't know if this will help. But give it a try.