Convert Word 6.0/95 docs to Word X docs

[Bill]

I have a large number of Word 6.0/95 documents that I want to convert
to Word X documents. Is there an easy way to do this such as a public
script or other technique for accomplishing this task?

Many thanks for any help offered, Bill

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Bill:

Oh, sure there are various batch converters around. Microsoft has one in
one of its PC templates that we could adapt for you, or MacLink Plus has a
batch mode, I believe.

But I don't know why you would bother. Word X will open Word 6/95
documents, and if you make a change and subsequently save, it will give you
the choice to save in the original format or upgrade to Word X document
format.

Maybe if you tell us why you need to do this, we can suggest a better
approach (a batch process is laborious and fiddly to set up and slow).

All the best

This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 13 Jul 2003 22:02:20
-0700, (e-mail address removed) (Bill):

I have a large number of Word 6.0/95 documents that I want to convert
to Word X documents. Is there an easy way to do this such as a public
script or other technique for accomplishing this task?

Many thanks for any help offered, Bill

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

Maybe this little trick will save you some time. Not sure if it will work
but it's easy and worth a try.

Let's say you have a folder of 30 word documents you want to convert. In
finder, select all of them then double-click so that they all open in Word
at the same time.

Now for a nifty secret. Hold the SHIFT key down while you click on the FILE
menu. A new little command called SAVE ALL will appear in the menu instead
of SAVE. Save them all at once and you're done.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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