Word '03 Formatting from XP to Win 7

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dagreatnate

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I just installed a copy of Office 2003 on my new Windows 7 Pro machine in our office. We're transitioning all of our systems from XP to Win7.

I'm experiencing a formatting issue with MS Word. When I use my Win 7 machine to open a file that I created on my XP machine, the formatting is very different. The paragraph spacing is 1.5+ and the fonts are called the same thing, but look a bit different.

Help?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory
4GB

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-4010TX .
OS
Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
CPU
Intel i7 -720QM.[1.6GHz Turbo Boost 2.8GHz. 6MB Cache.]
Memory
8 DDR 3 RAM. 1066MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 1024 MB. DDR3. Radeon HD5650
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3" High Definition Brightview LCD. LED Backlit.
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900.
Hard Drives
640GB
Case
Laptop / notebook.
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere mouse. MX.
Internet Speed
ADSL [ but too slow ]
Windows XP and Windows 7 are Operating systems - Word is part of the Office Suite.

As JMH says, both Operating systems are compatible with Office 2003. Which version of Office (Word) is installed on the XP machine?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Motherboard
Packard Bell IPISB-AG
Memory
3.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
(1) Intel(R) HD Graphics (2) VNC Mirror Driver
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
AIO LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WDC WD10EADX-22TDHB0 ATA Device
Fixed hard disk media
4 partitions
931.51 GB
Keyboard
Wireless
Mouse
Wireless
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
IE; Firefox
Other Info
Also:
Samsung N220 Plus Netbook - Windows 7 Home
HP laptop
iPad 5
Perhaps a couple links to screen caps will help. As you can see, the text is significantly different.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory
4GB
In the following thread (although it refers to Vista), it is saying that it is likely to be a Printer/Printer driver issue:
Vista formatting of 2003 Word vs. XP formatting inconsistencies in Word Application Errors

Almost certainly this is caused by the printer/printer driver setup on

Doug Robbins - Word MVP replied on Monday, February 01, 2010 9:29 PM


Almost certainly this is caused by the printer/printer driver setup on the
Vista machine being different from that on the Windows XP machine.
--
Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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I'll keep searching. :)


EDIT:
Something else I just found - have you applied all of the Office 2003 updates on the new computer? - see here:
Issues that are fixed in Word 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3


Some characters that have the Arial Narrow font applied to them are not displayed as expected

When you apply the Arial Narrow font to text, characters that use a comma under the baseline or the Romanian characters "Ss" and "Tt," are not displayed as expected. This problem is fixed in the following font files:
  • Arialn.ttf
  • Arialnb.ttf
  • Arialnbi.ttf
  • Arialni.ttf
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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Motherboard
Packard Bell IPISB-AG
Memory
3.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
(1) Intel(R) HD Graphics (2) VNC Mirror Driver
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
AIO LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WDC WD10EADX-22TDHB0 ATA Device
Fixed hard disk media
4 partitions
931.51 GB
Keyboard
Wireless
Mouse
Wireless
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
IE; Firefox
Other Info
Also:
Samsung N220 Plus Netbook - Windows 7 Home
HP laptop
iPad 5
To test the a potential print driver conflict, I set up a new machine, installed all Windows Updates, installed Office '03 with all updates, mapped a drive to our server, (all this without adding any printers) opened the same file in Word, and still experienced the same problem. I can conclude that the print drivers are not the source of the problem.


2003 SP3 installed on each machine.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz
Memory
4GB
There's another way to look at this problem. If you are trying to keep your Word docs from your XP system to look the same when you transfer them to your Windows 7 system, here's what you can do:

Open a Word document, click the Windows Orb, go to Word Options, Advanced, scroll down to the very bottom of the screen to "Compatibility Options for" and select: "All new documents."
Then, under: "Lay out this document as if created in" open the drop-down menu and select: Microsoft Word 2003" (or if that doesn't help, the next time, try "Custom").

Then, if you want to preserve your old format whenever copying and pasting, in that same Advanced section scroll back up to the “Cut, Copy and Paste” section. There you will see 4 windows: "Pasting within the same document," "Pasting between documents," "Pasting between documents when style definitions conflict," and "Pasting from other programs." For all of them, select: "Keep source formatting (default)."

PS You might also need to think about in which format you want to save those docs, once transferred to the new system. For that option, go into the Save section, Save Documents, and under: "Save documents in this format" select whatever format you wish to save them as.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv5t (generation 1)
OS
Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz
Memory
4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Graphics Card(s)
512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescre
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Keyboard
Built-in HP
Mouse
Built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
Internet Speed
Max
Other Info
~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
FWIW, I have MS Office 2003 Professional and FrontPage 2003 installed on my Win 7 64 bit system. Everything works without problems, including Outlook 2003.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
My Own Build
OS
Windows 10 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 6700K
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
Memory
16GB Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card(s)
Intel CPU Graphics
Sound Card
RealTek
Monitor(s) Displays
27" Dell S2719dgf
Screen Resolution
2560X1440
Hard Drives
1 TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD for Win 10 Pro
500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD for Win 10 Insider
2 TB drive for backup
PSU
EVGA Supernova 750G2
Case
BeQuiet Silent Base 600
Cooling
Deepcool Captain 120EX
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless 2000
Mouse
Microsoft wireless
Internet Speed
100 MB/sec (Cable)
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes
Browser
Edge/Firefox
Other Info
Cakewalk (Sonar) by BandLab and Studio One 4.1 Pro recording studio software. MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface, Frontier Tranzport wireless control unit, Behringer X-Touch Control Surface.
Five USB connected optical drives for CD Audio production using Nero BurningROM
Perhaps Office 2003 has a default format file like Office 2007 has. In Office 2007 there is a normal.dot file (default template). If Office 2003 DOES have a default template file (normal.dot or w/e) then copy it over from your XP computer to your Win 7 computer. Making a backup of the original file on Win 7 before replace of course. Thought there is, maybe the settings are customized (somewhat) on the XP machine.

dagreatnate said:
Compatibility check is clean.

Both versions are identical - Office 2003

Original 1 page view from XP - ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting
Original 2 page view from XP - ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting

Altered view from Win7 - ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP DV6 1330sa
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1
CPU
INTEL DUAL CORE 2.1Ghz
Motherboard
N/A
Memory
4GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
INTEL
Sound Card
LAPTOP
Monitor(s) Displays
2
Screen Resolution
3200x1080
Hard Drives
250GB
PSU
LAPTOP
Case
LAPTOP
Cooling
LAPTOP
Keyboard
SOLID YEAR 260U
Mouse
USB
Internet Speed
20 MB/S
dagreatnate - did you every find a solution for this problem. I'm experiencing the same thing.

Regards,
Clay


dagreatnate said:
I just installed a copy of Office 2003 on my new Windows 7 Pro machine in our office. We're transitioning all of our systems from XP to Win7.

I'm experiencing a formatting issue with MS Word. When I use my Win 7 machine to open a file that I created on my XP machine, the formatting is very different. The paragraph spacing is 1.5+ and the fonts are called the same thing, but look a bit different.

Help?
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My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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