This program is mandated by Section 5 of the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA). The New Chemicals Program functions as a gatekeeper which can identify conditions-up to and including a ban on production-to be placed on the use of a new chemical before it is entered into commerce.
Currently, the newest version is MS Word 2010. Same with all the other different MS applications (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
I've now found that Open Office docs (just downloaded Open Office) have no issues, even in the same folders. So what I have now is folders with a mixture of MS Word, WordPad and Open Office docs and the only one's that won't modify is MS Word. Same issue still with new MS word docs. I can only save them on the desktop and not in any folders!! Back to top.