On Office X you should be able to 'Save As' and choose a lower version compatabilety from the drop down save screen. This should do the deed for you instead of using the old version. The 'save as' function is backwards compatable. jj On Saturday, June 26, 2004, at 08:11 AM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote: > [G4] running word on osX and os9. > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:56:27 -0500 > Message-ID: <BAY16-F4xI6Wzm4XqO1000109f1 at hotmail.com> > > hello everyone, > > i am hoping to get some help from the collective wisdom of the group. > i have > a mdd dual 867 with os 10.2.8 and 9.2.2 i use os 9.2.2 alot because > i have > not been able to upgrade all my software. recently i obtained and > installed > ms office X and now office 2001 on the os 9.2.2 is not accessible to > me. > many of my clients use older versions of word and office and i need to > be > able to exchange docmuments with them. is there away that i can get my > older version of ms office to work in os 9.2.2? > > thank you for your attention. i really appreciate this group and all > the > information exchanged.