Microsoft Office 2008 - can't open the file on PC

I installed Microsoft Office For Mac 2008 and prepared a document using Word. Then I sent it to my brother's E-mail and he downloaded it. We couldn't see the file properly on his computer, which runs Windows. When we opened it with Word, there were just weird symbols. What is the problem?

Was it saved with maximum compatibility turned on?
Also, even though you shouldn't need to, to be sure of a PC user being able to view any Word document you send, save it as a PDF and send that instead. Just makes life easier.

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