ARCHIVED: What functionalities available in Microsoft Word 2003 are not available in Word 2007?
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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Converters | Outdated Korean-specific converters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 menu's button |
Save As dialog box provides more convenient
functionality |
Click , then , and then
select .
|
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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