Word 2010 is an excellent word processor, except for one quirk - you cannot save a previous version of Word. The solution it would seem requires changing the registry [back it up first] and changes values at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Security\FileBlock. The change seems boil down to changing node data value from 2 to 0 for the required version.
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