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Gary Hillerson - 22 Nov 2006 17:51 GMT

Does anyone know of problems working on an older (word 2003) template
with vba code in Office 2007, in compatibility mode?

Now that I'm getting used to 2007, it's tough to go back into 2003 to
work on some minor code changes. The 2007 VBA editor is nicer.

I'm guessing there won't be problems if I open a 2003 template and
simply save it in 2003 format. Has anyone tried?

thanks in advance
gary

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 22 Nov 2006 20:58 GMT

To me, the editor in both versions is the same, however I prefer the help in
Word 2003 over that which comes up in 2007.

I haven't run into any problems doing the sort of thing that you are
contemplating.

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> Does anyone know of problems working on an older (word 2003) template
> with vba code in Office 2007, in compatibility mode?
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> thanks in advance
> gary

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Gary Hillerson - 23 Nov 2006 07:20 GMT

Thanks for the reassurance Doug.

The difference I see in the editor is that the code windows seem to
stack and work better, and most importantly, I can use my mousewheel
or touchpad to scroll code windows, which I've never been able to do
in past versions. That's a major bonus for me.

>To me, the editor in both versions is the same, however I prefer the help in
>Word 2003 over that which comes up in 2007.
>
>I haven't run into any problems doing the sort of thing that you are
>contemplating.

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Cindy M. - 25 Nov 2006 11:45 GMT

Hi Gary,

> Does anyone know of problems working on an older (word 2003) template
> with vba code in Office 2007, in compatibility mode?
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> I'm guessing there won't be problems if I open a 2003 template and
> simply save it in 2003 format. Has anyone tried?

I'd probably use File/Export in the VB Editor to make a back-up copy of
the code (it's pure text). Then if anything does go wrong you can
easily revert.

I don't know of any problems, per se. But with a new version that
hasn't been thoroughly and adequately tested (as is the case with
Office 2007), you just never know...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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