Select Office export version

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Export a Google Doc, Sheet or Presentation using the most recent Google .NET 
GData API

What is the expected output? 
2. An Office 2003 format file (.doc, .xls, .ppt)

What do you see instead?
3. An Office 2007/2010 ...x format file (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)

Please provide any additional information below.
This change seems to have started happening around 10 September.

The new format is a welcome upgrade, but users should be allowed to handle 
this. Office 2003 is still very widely used.

Is there a way to select the export format, for Office 2003 or Office 2007/2010?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andrew.f...@gmail.com on 14 Sep 2012 at 5:20

[GoogleCodeExporter]

This feature is documented at 
https://developers.google.com/google-apps/documents-list/#valid_download_formats
_for_text_documents and older formats will not be available anymore

Original comment by ccherub...@google.com on 14 Sep 2012 at 8:14

• Changed state: ByDesign

[GoogleCodeExporter]

So in the documentation link, we see:

exportFormat Parameter Value    Format of the returned Document
docx                          Microsoft Word
doc                           Microsoft Word

One would expect the exportFormat parameter value of docx to produce a docx 
file (Word 2007) which it does.

Similarly, exportFormat parameter value of doc to produce a doc file (Word 
2003). However it does not. It produces a .docx format file.

Are the older (Office 2003) formats no longer supported, even as an option?

Original comment by andrew.f...@gmail.com on 14 Sep 2012 at 11:13

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's also a note adding that "Using an exportFormat of doc will actually 
return a file that is a docx file.".
Older formats are no longer supported, not even as an option.

Original comment by ccherub...@google.com on 14 Sep 2012 at 11:18

[GoogleCodeExporter]

doh! Sorry I didn't see that note!
Thanks, we'll use the new formats from now on.

Original comment by andrew.f...@gmail.com on 14 Sep 2012 at 11:23

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Is there a link or a page containing to other recent changes or planned changes 
to Google Docs/Drive?

Original comment by andrew.f...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2012 at 12:40

[GoogleCodeExporter]

All changes to the Drive API are listed in the release notes page: 
https://developers.google.com/drive/release-notes

You should also follow http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ for product 
announcements such as new features

Original comment by ccherub...@google.com on 19 Sep 2012 at 6:23

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thanks for the links! I must have missed the announcement of this MS Office 
change.

Original comment by andrew.f...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2012 at 7:34