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[King Penguin]

It implies money is being spent on Office upgrades when the previous version is perfectly servicable. We haven't bothered with such unnecessary expense at work and I suspect we are not alone. Or maybe it came bundled with a new pc ?
Either way, the latest version, in which docx is the default format, also supports "save as" doc format. As long as a significant proportion of the population still use doc format it would seem sensible to me for the office to use "save as" for any document which is being widely circulated.

[King Penguin]

Forgot to add - there is a free converter which can be downloaded which will allow people with an older version of Office to open docx and xlsx files - see http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/de ... ng=en&id=3