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Converting files to Office 2007
We are migrating to Office 2007. When we convert files that are stored on
any network drive, using Office ButtonConvert, and then clicking Save, the original .doc files aren't replaced with the .docx file. Instead, it does a SaveAs instead of a Save and creates a 2nd copy in the new format. The convert feature works properly if the files are saved locally, but not on a mapped network drive. Does anyone know why this happens and how to get around it? -- Thanks... Adri |
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Converting files to Office 2007
Hi Adri,
on the Word blog someone tries to give reasons why they did THAT: "Not deleting the DOC file on Convert when the file is not on a local drive is actually a design decision that we believe is still the right compromise. When the file is local, the text in the dialog is accurate (the DOC file is deleted after the DocX file is created). However, we determined that when the file is not stored locally, its more likely that a link exists pointing to that file (because its quite possible that the reason that the file isnt local is because its on shared resource). Therefore, we decided that when the file was stored remotely, it was better to preserve the DOC rather than create broken links€”and our early testing indicated that having the dialog box distinguish these two cases just seemed to confuse users more than provide clarity." (from http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...a.aspx#7701870) IMHO things are a bit different - I think it's actually a bug with network locations because Word behaves with network drives different than with local drives in other situations as well. But please do NOT hesitate to contact MS support on this bug. If enough people call them this MIGHT get EVENTUALLY fixed. Stefan "Adri" wrote: We are migrating to Office 2007. When we convert files that are stored on any network drive, using Office ButtonConvert, and then clicking Save, the original .doc files aren't replaced with the .docx file. Instead, it does a SaveAs instead of a Save and creates a 2nd copy in the new format. The convert feature works properly if the files are saved locally, but not on a mapped network drive. Does anyone know why this happens and how to get around it? -- Thanks... Adri |
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