docx to doc

[J. Walker]

We have many files in our company that were saved in Word 2007 in the docx
format by a few employees. Most of our employees have Word 2003. I thought
I set the default in 2007 to save as a doc, but something went wrong. What's
the best way to convert these to the old doc format? Is it possible to do
this with a macro? I don't want to manually open every single one
individually and save as a doc.

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

We have many files in our company that were saved in Word 2007 in the docx
format by a few employees. Most of our employees have Word 2003. I thought
I set the default in 2007 to save as a doc, but something went wrong. What's
the best way to convert these to the old doc format? Is it possible to do
this with a macro? I don't want to manually open every single one
individually and save as a doc.

This help?

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...read/thread/fbcb60f79b62c577/a707e9fbd8fa2421

You'd need to build a list of files to convert, of course, then pass them one-by-one
to a routine such as Greg offers that does the actual SaveAs. If you have trouble
building the list, I'd suggest you might find http://vb.mvps.org/samples/DirDrill
useful.

 

[David Horowitz]

I've got to ask though, is it a problem to just use the Office 2007
converter in Word 2003 to just open the docs in 2003? It's pretty simple -
doesn't require the user to do anything really. There are a few details, but
I want to make sure you're aware of the existence of the 2007 Compatibility
Pack.

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

I've got to ask though, is it a problem to just use the Office 2007
converter in Word 2003 to just open the docs in 2003? It's pretty simple -
doesn't require the user to do anything really.

Well, it requires the user to download and install it. Not something everyone wants
to mess with. Far better to encourage a bit of social engineering with a "Just Say
No!" to MSFT message, eh? There's no reason people should be saving documents for
distribution in non-standard formats. If MSFT *cared* about users, it would have
made the more common format the default, thereby facilitating document exchange.
Instead, MSFT decided to *abuse* users by enlisting them to unwittingly push the
marketeering agenda(s) du jour. Not cool.