Comments on: Change Office 2007 Default File Save Formats and Extensions using Group Policy (GPO)

By: HiaeR SILVANNA

HiaeR SILVANNA — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:39:31 +0000

I found solution for per template default safe formet, using vba code: Application.DefaultSaveFormat = xlExcel12

By: HiaeR SILVANNA

HiaeR SILVANNA — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:18:13 +0000

Hello all,

is it possible to setup default save format directly in template file, just per this template?

e.g. I have a template file named ‘mybook.xltm’, and save button will save it as mybook.xlsb.
is it possible?
thanks a lot.

By: Ask The Admin » Blog Archive » Can I stop word or excel 2007 saving to these new file types- Docx and Xlsx?

Mon, 19 May 2008 03:07:30 +0000

[...] Users on 2007 can opt to do a “Save As” and save as the older file type. But now you as an Admin of a Active Directory domain can force your users default file type to once again be doc or xls. This requires Group Policy and adding templates to your schema. Check out the walk through below from MyDigitalLife. [...]

By: Racepics » Blog Archive » The .docx problem

Racepics » Blog Archive » The .docx problem — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:23:59 +0000

[...] There is a very good howto here at mydigitallife [...]

By: G Mc Bride

G Mc Bride — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:35:05 +0000

Major problem in this article above – When office 2007 users create a 2007 document and save as 2003 format. When the 2003 office user opens the document the file layout & formatting is messed up. Therefore the solution for all companies using a mixed office platform is to install the Compatibility pack & deploy using WSUS. NOT to SAVE AS 2003 format because if you do this it will not save the document as you would expect.********BEWARE all your nice formatting will not be visible to the 2003 office user without the compatibilty pack*******

By: Barrie

Barrie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:03:17 +0000

Oops, the stuff between the dotted lines should read:

———————————-
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xls\Excel.Sheet.8\ShellNew]
“Filename”=”Excel11.xls”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ppt\PowerPoint.Show.8\ShellNew]
“Filename”=”Pwrpnt11.ppt”
———————————-

By: Barrie

Barrie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:02:00 +0000

Chris, after hunting around a couple of different sites, I managed to find the answer to your question:

Open Windows Explorer
Navigate to C:\Windows\SHELLNEW
Create a new (empty) Excel 97-2003 Workbook(*.xls) file named Excel11.xls in C:\Windows\SHELLNEW
Create a new (empty) Powerpoint 97-2003 Presentation(*.ppt) file named Pwrpnt11.ppt in C:\Windows\SHELLNEW

Create a new text document (using notepad or whatever). Paste the following in (just the stuff between the dotted lines):
———————————-
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xls\Excel.Sheet.8\ShellNew]
“Filename”=”Excel11.xls”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ppt\PowerPoint.Show.8\ShellNew]
“Filename”=”Powerpoint11.ppt”
———————————-
Save the file as “regentries.reg”. Right click on the file and select Merge then click yes when asked if you want to add the stuff to the registry.

Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew. Create a new String value named NullFile in here (don’t add any data to it – just creating the string value is fine).
Close regedit.
Note: if the options don’t show up the first time you try a right click, try again and they should be there)

If you want to remove the ability to create the 2007 format documents from the right click explorer menu (e.g. docx, pptx), delete (or rename) the following registry values:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew\\NullFile
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pptx\PowerPoint.Show.12\ShellNew\\FileName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xlsx\Excel.Sheet.12\ShellNew\\FileName

(Note: if the options aren’t removed the first time you try a right click, try again and they should be gone)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:58:26 +0000

I have made the change with GPO so that the default file save as is .doc. However when I right click on the desktop and click New -> Microsoft Office Word Document it creates a .docx file. Any way to fix this?

By: office 2007 question

office 2007 question — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:35:57 +0000

[...] Here is how you choose the default format 2007 saves in. Change Office 2007 Default File Save Formats and Extensions using Group Policy (GPO)

By: admin

admin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:24:22 +0000

Hi thanks. Have corrected the error.

By: Kevin J.

Kevin J. — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:17:38 +0000

You need to include a close HREF tag as your hyperlink runs down almost half of the article.

By: IT Goddess

IT Goddess — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:20:45 +0000

P.S. Jerm – forgetable is spelled with two T’s, but I don’t think spelling and grammar are the points of the post.

By: IT Goddess

IT Goddess — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:16:59 +0000

For individual users in a mixed Office environment, here is the quick and dirty method: In an Office 2007 application select the Home Office button (top left), then click Word/Excel/Power Point Options at the bottom of the screen. Select Save in the left pane and use the drop-down to select Word/Excel/Power Point 97-2003 for Save files in this format.

By: Jerm

Jerm — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:29:50 +0000

“Above methods are either troublesome, easily forget to perform or complicated to be implemented, as likely most user will be using old Office suites rather than upgrade to the new Office 2007.”

Let me help rephrase this one…

“The above methods would either be troublesome, easily forgetable, or difficult to perform. Especially since most users will be using older office suites, rather than upgrading to the new Office 2007.”