True if Microsoft Word optimizes all new documents for viewing in Word 97 by disabling any incompatible formatting. Read/write Boolean.
Remarks
To optimize a single document for Word 97, use the OptimizeForWord97 property.
Example
This example sets Word to disable all formatting in new documents that’s incompatible with Word 97, and then it creates a new document whose OptimizeForWord97 property is automatically set to True.
Options.OptimizeForWord97byDefault = True
MsgBox Documents.Add(DocumentType:=wdNewBlankDocument) _
.OptimizeForWord97