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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
Hi all,
does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
Yes, the Office Compatibility Pack should assist at following link:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
I believe that is a converter from *.docx to *.doc, not the other way
around. To do the latter, you'd need to open a doc in Word 2007 and save as docx. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JohnJ" wrote in message ... Yes, the Office Compatibility Pack should assist at following link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Hi Chris,
If you're deploying Office 2007 there is a set of utilities in the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) in the Office 2007 resource kit that can be used to scan existing documents for problems and to process them/convert them to the new format if needed. http://microsoft.com/office/ork The compatibility pack that John mentioned is basically targeted at users who have versions other than Office 2007 and who want to have the capability to open/save in the new Office 2007 XML based formats. In Word 2007 saving in new document format (set as default in the Options) or File Button=Convert will take the document out of compatibility mode and file format. You could use an AutoOpen macro in Word that would 'convert' (take you out of compatibility mode) on open as well, among other techniques. ================ "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
The copy of the converter I have installed seems to work in both directions.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I believe that is a converter from *.docx to *.doc, not the other way around. To do the latter, you'd need to open a doc in Word 2007 and save as docx. "JohnJ" wrote in message ... Yes, the Office Compatibility Pack should assist at following link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
Mine too. I only have 2003 at work so it must be a two-way thing.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The copy of the converter I have installed seems to work in both directions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I believe that is a converter from *.docx to *.doc, not the other way around. To do the latter, you'd need to open a doc in Word 2007 and save as docx. "JohnJ" wrote in message ... Yes, the Office Compatibility Pack should assist at following link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Hi Bob,
thanks for the answer. It looks like it is exactly what I was looking for. But I am too stupid too use it. I tried it with the ofc.exe and an ofc.ini file but I do always receive the following message, after I typed "ofc ofc.ini" into the command prompt. Error: Invalid or missing 'LogDestinationPath' value in OFC.INI Error: Invalid or missing 'SourcePathTemplate' value in OFC.INI Error: Invalid or missing 'DestinationPathTemplate' value in OFC.INI Error: Error(s) validating OFC.ini file Well I tried it for 3 hours. Could you please help me out? What I need is to convert files from c:\word2003\*.* (including Subfolders) to c:\word2007\*.* Thank in advance!!! Bob Buckland ?:-) schrieb: Hi Chris, If you're deploying Office 2007 there is a set of utilities in the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) in the Office 2007 resource kit that can be used to scan existing documents for problems and to process them/convert them to the new format if needed. http://microsoft.com/office/ork The compatibility pack that John mentioned is basically targeted at users who have versions other than Office 2007 and who want to have the capability to open/save in the new Office 2007 XML based formats. In Word 2007 saving in new document format (set as default in the Options) or File Button=Convert will take the document out of compatibility mode and file format. You could use an AutoOpen macro in Word that would 'convert' (take you out of compatibility mode) on open as well, among other techniques. ================ "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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But Word 2007 can open Word 2003 files without a converter.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Mine too. I only have 2003 at work so it must be a two-way thing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The copy of the converter I have installed seems to work in both directions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I believe that is a converter from *.docx to *.doc, not the other way around. To do the latter, you'd need to open a doc in Word 2007 and save as docx. "JohnJ" wrote in message ... Yes, the Office Compatibility Pack should assist at following link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
True but if you are taking full advantage of the .docx format, you could
lose something in the conversion. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But Word 2007 can open Word 2003 files without a converter. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Mine too. I only have 2003 at work so it must be a two-way thing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The copy of the converter I have installed seems to work in both directions. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I believe that is a converter from *.docx to *.doc, not the other way around. To do the latter, you'd need to open a doc in Word 2007 and save as docx. "JohnJ" wrote in message ... Yes, the Office Compatibility Pack should assist at following link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
Sorry,
I think now I got it. Greetings Christian Durden schrieb: Hi Bob, thanks for the answer. It looks like it is exactly what I was looking for. But I am too stupid too use it. I tried it with the ofc.exe and an ofc.ini file but I do always receive the following message, after I typed "ofc ofc.ini" into the command prompt. Error: Invalid or missing 'LogDestinationPath' value in OFC.INI Error: Invalid or missing 'SourcePathTemplate' value in OFC.INI Error: Invalid or missing 'DestinationPathTemplate' value in OFC.INI Error: Error(s) validating OFC.ini file Well I tried it for 3 hours. Could you please help me out? What I need is to convert files from c:\word2003\*.* (including Subfolders) to c:\word2007\*.* Thank in advance!!! Bob Buckland ?:-) schrieb: Hi Chris, If you're deploying Office 2007 there is a set of utilities in the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) in the Office 2007 resource kit that can be used to scan existing documents for problems and to process them/convert them to the new format if needed. http://microsoft.com/office/ork The compatibility pack that John mentioned is basically targeted at users who have versions other than Office 2007 and who want to have the capability to open/save in the new Office 2007 XML based formats. In Word 2007 saving in new document format (set as default in the Options) or File Button=Convert will take the document out of compatibility mode and file format. You could use an AutoOpen macro in Word that would 'convert' (take you out of compatibility mode) on open as well, among other techniques. ================ "Christian Durden" wrote in message ... Hi all, does someone know if there is an converter for *.docx? We do have a lot of Word 2003 Documents and want them to convert into Word 2007, so we can avoid the compatibility mod. Is there a script or something else which does this automatically for a couple of directories? Thanx in advance! Chris |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
Hi Suzanne,
The ability of the converter add-into both open from and save to the new document formats from within Word 2000, 2002 and 2003 was a major focus item for the converter, so that companies/govtagencies, etc, could make use of the new format, even though not all features import cleanly. What it doesn't support in either direction are Office 2007 file type, template files. ============= "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But Word 2007 can open Word 2003 files without a converter. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
Thanks for the clarification, Bob.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, The ability of the converter add-into both open from and save to the new document formats from within Word 2000, 2002 and 2003 was a major focus item for the converter, so that companies/govtagencies, etc, could make use of the new format, even though not all features import cleanly. What it doesn't support in either direction are Office 2007 file type, template files. ============= "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But Word 2007 can open Word 2003 files without a converter. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Converter from *.doc to *.docx
I tried Fileformatconverters.exe on Office 2000 and this tool did not work at
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Kirk wrote:
I tried Fileformatconverters.exe on Office 2000 and this tool did not work at all! Have you applied Service Pack 3 to your Office installation? According to the download page for the converter (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en) the Service Pack is part of the requirement. Also, does your Windows installation meet the requirements for service packs listed in the same section? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Yes Office 2000 is installed with SP3, and does meet all requirements!
Also in Word 2000 you get the new file format for Word 2007 under save as. You do not get the option in Excel or Powerpoint, I have tried reinstalling Fileformatconverters.exe but still the same problem are we sure that this tool should work on office 2000? |
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I have installed SP3 and the Office installtion does meet the requirements.
Also under save as in Word 2000 the new Wrod 2007 file format appears, but under Excel and Powerpoint there is no 2007 option. I have tried reinstalling Fileformatconverters.exe but same result. |
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Kirk wrote:
I have installed SP3 and the Office installtion does meet the requirements. Also under save as in Word 2000 the new Wrod 2007 file format appears, but under Excel and Powerpoint there is no 2007 option. I have tried reinstalling Fileformatconverters.exe but same result. Since the problem seems to be with Excel and PowerPoint and not with Word, I think you should post this question in the Excel and/or PowerPoint newsgroups. Another place that may help is the microsoft.public.office.setup newsgroup. As another suggestion, change your subject line. The problem you described doesn't concern *.doc to .docx conversion (or vice versa), since that works. Instead, refer to Fileformatconverters.exe. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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