gHacks technology news » doc http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:33:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Default To Doc in Word 2007 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/05/default-to-doc-in-word-2007/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/05/default-to-doc-in-word-2007/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:22:51 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5875 It seems that Lifehacker is having Ghacks week which I personally do not mind but the amount of articles that they referred to is stunning. I found reference to another blog that had a tutorial on how to change the default save format in Word 2007 from Docx to Doc.

I had some problems in the past when I saved documents in Word 2007 in docx format only to get cries for help of users who could not open the document because they were using a previous version of Word. I had the option to explain to them how they could open it (convert online or download the compatibility pack) or convert it to doc and send it to them again.

This happened several times and I finally decided to look for an option to change the default save format in Word. The article at Technix Update reminded me of that and I thought it would be nice to post the quick tutorial as well.

All that needs to be done is to open Word 2007. Once open a click on the Office icon on top and a selection of Word Options loads the menu where the default format can be changed. Just select Save in the left pane and pick Word 97-2003 Documents instead of the default Word Document.

A document that is simply saved will from now on have the file extension doc and not docx. I have not checked but I assume similar options are available for Excel and Powerpoint.

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The document formats however add some functionality that youtube is not able to include at the current time. It is possible to search documents for phrases which is only working if the document has not been scanned of course. One of the nicest features of Scribd is however that you can download mp3 files of the texts or listen to a slightly robotic sounding voice that reads the complete document to you. All documents can be embedded in websites

Interaction is important for sites like Scribd and they have been doing a great job to act possibilities. Users can vote for articles and leave comments. Similar documents are shown in a sidebar and every document is tagged to find even more documents that are classified in a similar manner.

I like Scribd a lot. They seem to have a problem with copyrights though. A quick search for php for instance revealed Php for Dummies for instance that should never appear on Scribd. Users do upload mag scans as well, I was able to read the latest Macworld online because a user uploaded it to Scribd.

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