Microsoft released a compatibility patch for Office 2003 that enables users to open/edit Office 2007 documents in Office 2003. Click the link below and click Download, follow the prompts.

• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

Word 2007 automatically saves documents with a (.DOCX) file extension, Word 2003 uses (.DOC). To view a 2007 Word Document in Word 2003, you must save it with the (.DOC) extension.

If you don’t want to save all of your documents in the 2003 (.DOC) format you may choose to save individual documents in the 2003 format. To do so: Click on the Office Button in the upper left hand of Microsoft Word, rollover or select Save As and click 97-2003 Document. Otherwise, to automatically save all of your Word 2007 documents in the 2003 format, please use the tutorial below.

1. Click on the Office Button in the upper left hand of Microsoft Word and click on Word Options

Click Word Options
2. In Word Options select the Save button on the left hand side.

Click the Save button
3. In the Save files in this format: dropdown, select Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc) and click Ok.

Select the format and click Ok