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my word documents have been transferred to compatibiity mode - help!!

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2024-06-12T11:45:21+00:00

My Word doc have been transferred to 'Compatibility" mode and I cannot edit them. Please advise.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-06-12T12:02:34+00:00

    Compatibility Mode just means that a document was created in an earlier version of Word. In most cases it is not necessary to convert to the latest format; if you need to use features not available in Compatibility Mode, you can use File | Info | Compatibility Mode | Convert to resave a file in the latest format.

    If you are seeing "Compatibility Mode" in the title bar of new documents you create, this means that the Normal template is in an older format, and you will need to convert it. The easiest way to do this is to open it for editing this way:

    1.    In Word, press Alt+F11; the Visual Basic Editor opens.

    1. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window.
    2. In that window, type (or paste)

         NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument

    and press Enter.

    Normal opens, but note that it may not be on top of all windows. You can close the Visual Basic Editor. You can then use the procedure above to convert it and save.

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