A while ago I posted an article on Modifying Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Word Templates which demonstrated the basic methods for customizing word templates for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010. In that article, I mentioned that if you were using Word 2010 to edit the templates, you would have an option to Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word on the Save As dialog.

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Word Templates, Office 2010 and the Maintain Compatibility option