WM6.1 removes "Save as Office 2003"?

[Guest chucky.egg]

I read earlier (sorry, I forget where, but possible smartphonemag.com) that WM6.1 has Office 2007 support built-in, but removes the option to save new Word and Excel files in Office 2003 format.

Is that true?

Surely not!

I can't think of anyone I know of that's using Office 2007, they all use 2003.

Apparently the "solution" is for everyone to download and install the Office 2007 compatibility-something-or-other to their PC.

That can't be right. WM5/6 made enterprise life so much easier (push email, remote wipe, edit attachments etc) and now they're breaking it again!

[Guest Boinng]

I read earlier (sorry, I forget where, but possible smartphonemag.com) that WM6.1 has Office 2007 support built-in, but removes the option to save new Word and Excel files in Office 2003 format.

Is that true?

Surely not!

I can't think of anyone I know of that's using Office 2007, they all use 2003.

Apparently the "solution" is for everyone to download and install the Office 2007 compatibility-something-or-other to their PC.

That can't be right. WM5/6 made enterprise life so much easier (push email, remote wipe, edit attachments etc) and now they're breaking it again!

There's a half-truth to it, but in reality you can save to 2003. It's like this:

By default, any new documents are created as a ".docx" file and can only be "saved as" docx, RTF, txt etc - there's no Office 2003 option at the point you're trying to save anything.

HOWEVER - under Tools -> Options you can set the default template to "Office 97-2003", meaning any new documents are now created and saved as good old .doc format (or .xls if you choose 97-2003 Workbook in the Excel options).

Personally, I can't imagine why anyone would want to natively create Office 2007 versions on their WM device, so I've set both my defaults to 97-2003 mode, safe in the knowledge that virtually anyone can use them without issue.

Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this isn't a WM6.1 issue, but an Office Moble 6.1 issue, since I'm 99% certain it was same on my Kaiser with the old 6.0 Rom.

Edited May 28, 2008 by Boinng

[Guest chucky.egg]

Thanks for clarifying that, and you're right - it's an Office Mobile issue, not a WM issue.