yes, word .97 will work, but it does not support some attributes of later editions. On Jan 5, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Word 97 is the doc format, which tends to work on most systems. On 05-01-2012, at 8:10, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote: > there are several. > > On Jan 5, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Lena Contreras wrote: > > Do you know what version of Word Pages uses? Or will Word handle this on the > other end? > I mean, what version of Word will the file be saved in: 2003 or the latest > one. Or does this matter? > Lena > On Jan 5, 2012, at 7:48 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote: > >> Hi Lena, >> >> to save a document as a word doc, choose save elipses from the file menu, >> check"save copy as" and you will see a pop up. mine defaults to word >> document. if yours does not, you can find word document in the pop up and >> then go to save and it will be done. >> hth >> >> On Jan 5, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Lena Contreras wrote: >> >> >> I've started using Pages to write documents and need to save some as Word >> docs so people using Windows can open them. How do I go back saving a doc >> as a Word file so my Windows friends can open them? >> Lena >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> -- >> Jonnie Appleseed >> with his >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >> touching the internet >> reducing technology's disabilities >> one byte at a time >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > with his > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > touching the internet > reducing technology's disabilities > one byte at a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed with his Hands-On Technolog(eye)s touching the internet reducing technology's disabilities one byte at a time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx