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### Saving Word document with compatibility

#### Maintain existing compatibility
The following code shows, how to save Word document with same word version compatibility

{% tabs %}
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You can download a complete working sample from [GitHub](https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/DocIO-Examples/tree/main/Word-file-formats/Save-Word-with-compatibility).

#### Save Word in old compatibility

The following code shows, how to save Word document in old compatibility using DocIO.
{% tabs %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}

//Create an instance of WordDocument.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument())
{
document.EnsureMinimal();
//Append paragraph.
document.LastParagraph.AppendText("Hello World");
//Sets the compatibility mode to Word 2007.
document.Settings.CompatibilityMode = CompatibilityMode.Word2007;
//Create FileStream to save the Word file.
using (FileStream outputStream = new FileStream("Sample.docx", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
//Save the Word file.
document.Save(outputStream, FormatType.Docx);
}
}

{% endhighlight %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}

//Create an instance of WordDocument.
using(WordDocument document = new WordDocument())
{
document.EnsureMinimal();
document.LastParagraph.AppendText("Hello World");
//Sets the compatibility mode to Word 2007.
document.Settings.CompatibilityMode = CompatibilityMode.Word2007;
document.Save("Sample.docx");
}

{% endhighlight %}
{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}

'Create an instance of WordDocument.
Using document As New WordDocument()
document.EnsureMinimal()
document.LastParagraph.AppendText("Hello World")
' Sets the compatibility mode to Word 2007.
document.Settings.CompatibilityMode = CompatibilityMode.Word2007
document.Save("Sample.docx")
End Using

{% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}

You can download a complete working sample from [GitHub](https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/DocIO-Examples/tree/main/Word-file-formats/Save-Word-in-old-compatibility/.NET).

### Open a Word (*.doc) document containing incremental save information

Essential DocIO process the content that are preserved in the last complete save operation alone from a Word (.doc) document and it doesn't process the incremental save information. Hence it throws "Complex format is not supported" exception when attempting to open a Word (.doc) document containing incremental save information.
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