new documents open in compatibility mode

[wcology]

i have office 2007 on winXP sp3 at work and every time i create a new document it opens in compatibility mode. how do i turn it off and make new documents open in 2007 formats?

[cybpsych]

go to Options | Save | Save file in format: *.docx or *xlsx or *.pptx (depend on the app)

[R600]

You want to be careful about changing the settings, especially if you're working with documents that needs to be shared/distributed to colleagues that do not use Office 2007.

Your IT team have installed and set it up in compatability mode for a reason. But, I guess, as long as you are sure you will save in the format that others can open the file with then there's no harm in changing the settings as suggested by cybpsych.

[wcology]

go to Options | Save | Save file in format: *.docx or *xlsx or *.pptx (depend on the app)

yea I checked that. It's in .docx and when I save it defaults to docx but when I create a new document it has "compatibility mode" in the title bar. I even deleted normal.dotm a few times. Normal.dotm it self opens in 2007 format but when I click on the new document it starts in compatibility mode.

[cybpsych]

strange. it works fine for me. changing the option to DOCX and vice versa works as expected when creating new document too.