Tech Tips for Writers #81: I Have Office 2010; Everyone Else Has 2003–They Can’t Read My Stuff

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Tech Tips for Writers #81: I Have Office 2010; Everyone Else Has 2003–They Can’t Read My Stuff

Tech challenged? Read on

Tech Tips for Writers is an (almost) weekly post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future Tip.

Q: I updated to Office 2010 (or 2007) and many friends are still on 2003. What can I do so they can read my stuff?

A: When you save the doc, go to File-save as, and select file type 97-2003

Now, anyone with MS Office 2003 can read your document.

PS–You can also save-as a PDF. Then, no one can edit it, too. That’s especially nice for articles you’ve written, books, that sort of intellectual property.

Jacqui Murray is the editor of a K-6 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, creator of two technology training books for middle school and six ebooks on technology in education. She is the author of Building a Midshipman , the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com , Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blog, Technology in Education featured blogger, IMS tech expert, and a bi-weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s editing a thriller that should be out to publishers next summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.