No, you don't. You can set the default to .DOC and leave it at that. Also, Microsoft has a free PDF tool for Office 2007 that allows you to save to PDF. It's REALLY fast and easy.

Jim, you're talking about things you have no direct knowledge of and basing your arguement on Aljandro's incorrect statements.

>I don't think that MSFT's sales is any concern of mine.
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>But I deal, on and off, with around 30 clients worldwide and I frequently send them Word documents. A couple of them refuse to install Office or Word so I have to send them PDFs instead.
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>So if I were to upgrade to Office 2007 *I* would have to remember to set the output format EVERY TIME. It just ain't gonna happen.
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>So, as currently delivered, my "incentive" is to stick with Office 2003 and Office 2000. I don't see that helping MSFT's sales.