# Sharing a RW8 file with RW7 user

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [September 23, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450 "2018-09-23T20:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![joemart1951](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joemart1951/32/1193_2.png) [@joemart1951](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joemart1951)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450/1 "2018-09-23T20:27:41Z")

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Is there any way to save a RW8 file back to RW7  
I am trying to help someone with a site…but he does not have RW8

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**Author:** ![jabostick](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jabostick/32/1760_2.png) [@jabostick](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jabostick)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450/2 "2018-09-23T21:00:54Z")

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I just tried creating a RW8 file and then opening it in RW7 and it wouldn’t let me. Maybe there are some tricks that can be done but I wasn’t able to at first glance…

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**Author:** ![isaiah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/isaiah/32/93_2.png) [@isaiah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/isaiah)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450/3 "2018-09-23T21:48:46Z")

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TL;DR: i wouldn’t do that if i were you. 😝

it’s possible to hack some of the internals of the file and force it to open in RW7 – but you will definitely risk corruption of the file and definitely lose some data – as not all data/resources written by RW8 are understood by RW7.

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**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450/4 "2018-09-24T02:09:35Z")

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@joemart1951Did you never have RapidWeaver 7 installed?? If you did, you can run both side by side on your Mac. I run RW 5-8 on my two iMacs.

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**Author:** ![joemart1951](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joemart1951/32/1193_2.png) [@joemart1951](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joemart1951)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450/5 "2018-09-24T02:20:55Z")

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I still have 7 up

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/sharing-a-rw8-file-with-rw7-user/22450/6 "2018-10-24T12:20:58Z")

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