Word Cannot Save Older File Formats – How to Fix

Microsoft Word no longer supports saving documents using older file standards. When Word attempts to save one of these files, a warning message will be displayed.

If you encounter this issue, you must change the document’s file type before saving.

To do so:

1. Select File → Save As.

2. From the Save as type drop-down menu, choose Word Document (*.docx).

3. Save the file.

After saving, you may need to delete the original file that used the older format.