I'm using Word 2000 on Windows XP Home. Today I worked on a document with a
lot of text-heavy tables. To better accomodate the text I changed the cell
padding (internal table margins) from the default 0.08" to 0.02" left and
right. When this file was later opened and revised in Word 97, my padding
settings had disappeared -- when I received the file back the padding was
again at 0.08." I believe that the padding option didn't exist in Word 97.
Is there anyway to have my Word 2000 settings stick in Word 97 or should I
just redo all the tables using the default 0.08" padding?

What effect would it have to set Word 2000 to "disable features not
available in Word 97." I just changed to that setting, but find that I can
still go to Table Properties and change the cell margins. If this is a
feature unavailable in W97, why does it let me use it?

Thank you.