need help with saving MS Word 2007 doc

hey guys i work in an office and am currently using office word 2007. our word docs save as default .doc files and we want them to save as .docx files network-wide so that we can make this change from our admin computer to all the office computers without having to go around to each computer and make the change individually…any ideas on how to do this would be greatly appreciated. Need help ASAP !??!?!?!?

Cheers,
Jono

 

I know that some enterprise wide deployments using an SMS system to make system wide changes. Perhaps the best resource will be MS whitepaper or MS forum.
I found this Direct download link:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl..._office_2007_with_sms_2003_r2_white_paper.doc

 

Please Explain the whole procedure for a noob.

 

Hi,

I believe you can do this through Group Policies on the server.

Check out this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826170

 

Why not just get every user on the network to save any future MS word files as .docx?

 

docx is a way for MSFT to try to force ppl to upgrade office - instead it just inconveniences the majority of office users and creates a huge problem in cross-platform sharing...

 

Docx supports advanced formatting that normal .doc doesn't support. I wouldn't say it's forcing people to upgrade, because Microsoft itself has its own built in docx to doc converter available. If they were trying to force people to upgrade, then they haven't done a good job.

 

i used to be...doing this..save as... then u chose kind of file

 

file -> save as -> choose ext you want <-- work for me

 

It is kind of weird that the default option is not .docx but .doc

A lot of people have the exact opposite problem.

So yes, do what the guy above me instructed you!