>FileSaveAs works with Word 97 if you use the numerical equivalent of the items in the Word save-as combo box as the format for the save. I think the first is *.doc-it would be 0, and then next is *.dot which is 1, *.txt is 2, and so on. The syntax is as follows:
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>.FileSaveAs(myfile, 2)
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>to save as text for example. All of this is assumed that you have previously created a Word.Application or Word.Basic object. Hope this helps someone, I know you have all been a great help to me!

Not quite sure the numbers must follow the order in this list, because the contents of this list depend on installed export filters. For *.doc and *.dot we may be pretty sure, but why would the numbers be different for a #9 type, if, for example, #8 is export to WP, which may be installed on some machines, and not on others. There must be some full list of possible formats, both mandatory and optional - and there is:

Here's what I have managed to find in VBA editor, is something like this
Const wdFormatUnicodeText = 7 Member of Word.WdSaveFormat

All the other constants can be found in object browser, search in Word class for WdSaveFormat.