The proliferation of the flash drive has made it possible to have personal documents, reports, homework, and other computer files, always available to the owner. It also creates some other problems.

One of those problems is compatibility between software programs and versions. Files that you create at home may not be able to be worked on at school. The school uses the Office ’97 program for its word processor. One reason for this is that studies proved this program to be the most widely acceptable and compatible program. Another reason is that the district purchased licenses for the program many years ago, and the new licensing programs from Microsoft are simply too expensive for the districts needs. The newer versions of the MS Office suite have programs and features that would never get used at the school. Fortunately, the Office programs have a feature that allow you to save your file in another version, so those files can be edited at the school. The steps are:

1. Create and edit your file in the normal fashion.
2. Spell-check and Grammar check your file.
3. Save the file in the usual fashion.
4. Now save the file using "Save-as" from the file menu.
5. Choose Word 97 from the drop down list.

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