Can't open word 2007 with .doc extension using word 2003 and conve
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From: JSchorz on 5 Mar 2010 18:10 The converter seems to be picky about Extensions. If the extension of the file is .docx, it opens and converts just fine in 2003. But if it is doc or some other unknown extension to the system, word never uses the converter, instead I am asked to select the encoding. If there were just 1 file I was trying to deal with I would just rename it to docx, but we have multiple people that have been saving away office 2007 format files with .doc extensions. I can't tell which are 2007 and which aren't and for the users that have 2003, the converter won't open them. Any ideas on how to get the system to also attempt to convert any extension file attempted to open with word? Thanks! Jesse
From: Graham Mayor on 6 Mar 2010 00:50
You cannot switch between the file types doc and docx by changing the extension. The internal file formats of these two types are entirely different. Word 2007 will open both types of file. Word 2003 requires the addition of the compatibilty pack to open Word 2007 DOCX format. You may need to re-register Word to re-associate the file types See http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm Word 2003 may have problems with Word 2007 documents created from Word 2007 templates (which word 2003 cannot handle). If that is the issue, see http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "JSchorz" <JSchorz(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:75BB881B-14D4-4E52-BCB9-C1BD451A6DA4(a)microsoft.com... > The converter seems to be picky about Extensions. If the extension of the > file is .docx, it opens and converts just fine in 2003. But if it is doc > or > some other unknown extension to the system, word never uses the converter, > instead I am asked to select the encoding. > > If there were just 1 file I was trying to deal with I would just rename it > to docx, but we have multiple people that have been saving away office > 2007 > format files with .doc extensions. I can't tell which are 2007 and which > aren't and for the users that have 2003, the converter won't open them. > > Any ideas on how to get the system to also attempt to convert any > extension > file attempted to open with word? > > Thanks! > > Jesse |