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Changing documents

  • 09-01-2011 8:00pm
    #1
    getsun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭


    Hi guys, quick question. I've had to reinstall windows 2007 and as a result I can't open certain documents on my laptop because when saved them on windows a few months ago, I'd them saved as 'word doc'...is there anyway I can convert them all in one go, to word doc 2003-2007 or whatever it is , without having to go through them one by one?


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  • #2
    woolymammoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭woolymammoth


    getsun wrote: »
    Hi guys, quick question. I've had to reinstall windows 2007 and as a result I can't open certain documents on my laptop because when saved them on windows a few months ago, I'd them saved as 'word doc'...is there anyway I can convert them all in one go, to word doc 2003-2007 or whatever it is , without having to go through them one by one?
    do you mean you saved them as a word 2007 docx, and want to convert them to word 2003 doc?

    Which version of word do you have? If you have Office 2003, you can install the Office Compatibality Pack to get support for docx files in 2003.


  • #3
    getsun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭getsun


    They were typed in Microsoft word 2007, but I had them saved as 'Word Document' until I realised I should be saving them as word 97-2003 document.

    I then had to reinstall microsoft word 2007, and now my 'word documents' won't open?:confused:


  • #4
    woolymammoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭woolymammoth


    getsun wrote: »
    They were typed in Microsoft word 2007, but I had them saved as 'Word Document' until I realised I should be saving them as word 97-2003 document.

    I then had to reinstall microsoft word 2007, and now my 'word documents' won't open?:confused:
    gotcha!

    what version of windows do you have? any chance you can see if the word files are .doc or .docx?


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    But you say that you have office 2007 installed :confused:

    are you sure it isn't works ?


    If you don't have Microsoft Word then you can open the documents with OpenOffice , it's free and can read docx

    Right click on the document into properties to see what's it's type is / what the open with choices are


  • #6
    woolymammoth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭woolymammoth


    or word viewer.

    sorry that's not really useful at all :)


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    woolymammoth wrote: »
    or word viewer.

    sorry that's not really useful at all :)
    On older versions by the time you downloaded and installed all the patches and updates and service packs , you might as well have downloaded Openoffice, which can do an awful lot more than word viewer.


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