What functionalities available in Microsoft Word 2003 are not available in Word 2007?
Warning: The file format used by Office 2007 documents is incompatible with older versions of Office, including Office 2003. For ways to open Office 2007 documents without installing Office 2007, see If I don't have Office 2007, how can I open Office 2007 documents? The Student Technology Centers (STCs) at Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI are now running Office 2007.
The information and rationales in this document come from the Microsoft TechNet page Changes in Office Word 2007.
| Feature | Description | Reason for change | Migration path, if applicable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autosummarize command | Removed from user interface, but still available in the command well | Low-use feature | Use this feature from the command well. |
| Blue background with white text | Option removed | Included in previous versions of Word to emulate legacy versions of WordPerfect, but no longer used | |
Converter mswrd832.cnv |
Removed | New Office Word 2007 converter has improved functionality | |
Converter wrd6er32.cnv |
Removed | This
converter saved Word 97-2003 files as RTF with a .doc
extension so files could be read by Word 95. |
To create documents Word 95 can read, save the documents as RTF files and download the Office Converter Pack to enable Word 95 to open them. |
| Converters | Outdated Korean-specific converters
(GSR32.CNV, HANA32.CNV,
TGWP32.CNV) removed |
These converters supported three word processing programs no longer in use. | |
| Diagram object model | Removed | See Changes in Charting | |
| Eastern European Font add-in | Removed but available as a download | No code-page dependencies for more than five years; only useful for files with font-mapping issues created on previous systems | Download from the Microsoft Download Center. |
| File Search | Removed | Low-use feature, redundant with other search mechanisms | |
| Fix broken text | Ability to open Word 6.0 documents and fix broken text (i.e., to turn 8-bit characters into 16-bit characters) removed | Low-use feature for a legacy issue | Tool will remain available online |
| Font Text Effects |
Text Effect dialog box
removed |
Functionality no longer useful in current site design | Remove text formatting through a variety of methods, including the Remove Formatting option. |
| Format themes |
Format Themes dialog box for
choosing HTML/CSS themes removed |
Replaced with Themes architecture | Use new Themes architecture. |
Ietag.dll |
ietag.dll browser
helper object (BHO) removed (provides OOUI/Action
Menu functionality when a document with recognized smart tags opens
within Internet Explorer) |
With changes in Word Mail, feature is no longer necessary | |
| Mail merge bar codes | Removed | Can no longer insert a bar code into a mail merge | |
| Mergeable address lists | Removed | Low-use feature | Mergeable address lists from Word 2003 still available on Office Online |
| MODI | Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) tool set and code dependencies on MODI removed | Replaced with XPS | Online fax vendors or others who rely on MODI technology can either download MODI or update applications to use XPS. |
| MSE | Microsoft Script Editor (MSE) removed; documents containing scripts upgraded to new file formats lose scripts without warning | Removal of this low-use feature increases security. | |
| PAB support | Personal Address Book (PAB) converter removed from Word; can no longer use a PAB file as a source for mail merge documents | Replaced by Outlook Contacts | Use Contacts rather than PAB files. |
| Save As Web Page option | Save As Web Page option removed;
replaced with File menu's Save As button |
Save As dialog box provides more convenient
functionality |
Click File, then Save As, and then
select Web page.
|
| Send to Routing Recipient | Removed | Low-use feature; removal from user interface improves the user experience | |
| Set the width of a space like WordPerfect 5.x | Removed | No longer necessary | |
| Third-party OCX controls | Third-party tools removed from Web Tools toolbar (allowed insertion of movies, sound, or scrolling text [marquees]) | Disabled because of security updates | |
| Versioning | Removed | Replaced by document life cycle (DLC) functionality | Use the Version Extraction Tool (VET) in the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) to extract versions of a document into multiple files; for more information, see Migrate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to the 2007 Office system. |
| Insert Web Components for Office XP | Removed | Low-use feature | |
| Web discussions | Entry points to web discussions removed | Web discussions entry points are removed from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 | |
| Wizards: Agenda, Envelope, Fax, Letter, Memo, Pleading, Resume | Removed | Replaced by more modern templates | Use templates on Office Online |
| WordPerfect navigation | Removed, including Help for WordPerfect users and navigation keys matching WordPerfect | Low-use legacy functionality | |
Wpequ532.dll |
Removed (rendered equations when WordPerfect 5.0 and 6.0 files were opened in Word) | Increases security by removing legacy code no longer used | Available in the Office Converter Pack |
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Last modified on March 27, 2009.
Last modified on March 27, 2009.
