Standard Template Files Restrict Word Backward Compatibility

Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
Article ID: Q122797

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use Program Group Control to perform a workstation installation of Microsoft Office version 4.2 and you use the standard template files that ship with Office version 4.2, you may not be able to save Microsoft Word version 6.0 files in Microsoft Word version 2.0 format. The same problem also occurs with any batch workstation installations that uses the standard template files of Office.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: sms prodsms mom
Keywords : kbinterop nt16ap smsgeneral
Version : 1.0 4.2a 4.2b 4.2c
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
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