Formatting issues in Word with doc from Word 2011

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Formatting issues in Word with doc from Word 2011

I have a Macbook Pro with Word 2011. I opened a document from that in Word 2019 on my new Macbook Air 2020 and I am seeing formatting issues like too much space between words in justified paragraphs.

Is there a fix for this?

Or do I need to resend the doc and start over?

Is there a way to send the doc and open it so that this does not happen when I open the document in Word 2019?

I would hope I can use this doc from Word 2011 on my new 2020 Macbook Air.

I have contacted Microsoft twice and they were no help. They only offered to help uninstall and reinstall Word.

Thank you for your help :)

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 1, 2020 6:41 PM

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BobTheFisherman

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Jul 2, 2020 7:55 AM in response to cristindougherty

You might try asking your Microsoft product question in the Microsoft Help Communities.

Microsoft Help Communities

If Microsoft advised you to reinstall Word I guess that is what you'll have to do. Word is a Microsoft product.

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Answer 2

Jul 2, 2020 9:00 AM in response to cristindougherty

Word 2019 is a very different product to Word 2011, and may not exactly display your old documents as they appeared in the older Office suite. That is an issue between you and Microsoft though per the link provided by BobTheFisherman.

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Tesserax

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Jul 2, 2020 9:03 AM in response to cristindougherty

Microsoft typically includes the option to save a Word document into other formats, including earlier versions of Word itself for compatibility reasons. I suggest that you try doing so from your new Mac and trying a few different formats and see which offers the best "solution" to the issue you are having.

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shash21

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Jul 2, 2020 9:13 AM in response to cristindougherty

I have the same issue and have only just upgraded to Catalina, so I don't know how many of my documents are affected.

I haven't sent out any documents yet, so I don't know how that will work at the other end, but does it give you an option to check the compatibility between the versions?

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Formatting issues in Word with doc from Word 2011

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