DocumentBase.SetCompatibilityMode(Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll

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Sets the compatibility mode for the document.

public:
 void SetCompatibilityMode(int mode);

public void SetCompatibilityMode (int mode);

member this.SetCompatibilityMode : int -> unit

Public Sub SetCompatibilityMode (mode As Integer)

Parameters

mode: Int32

One of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCompatibilityMode values that specifies the compatibility mode that Word 2013 and Word 2010 uses when opening the document.

Exceptions

MissingMemberException

This method is used in a Word 2007 project.

Remarks

When you open a document in Word 2013 or Word 2010 that was created in a previous version of Word, Compatibility Mode is turned on. Compatibility Mode ensures that no new or enhanced features in Word 2013 or Word 2010 are available while working with a document, so that people who edit the document using previous versions of Word will have full editing capabilities.

Note

This method appears in IntelliSense in Word 2007 projects that target the .NET Framework 4. However, this property cannot be used in Word 2007 projects.

Applies to