Change the default files save format from .docx to .doc in word 2007
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Microsoft word is the mostly used out of all the Microsoft office 2007 applications, but I have seen people some times in a situation when they were cursing Microsoft Word 2007.
It happens when you have saved some important document while using microsoft word 2007 with .docx extension and taken that file some where else where office 2003 or any version later than office 2007 is installed and you cannot open .docx files.
As .docx is the new file format recognised only by office 2007, and office 2003 or later versions of office cannot open .docx word document files.
What is .docx?
It is the default file extension for saving documents in word 2007. These docx documents are essentially a bunch of zipped XML documents
Let’s see how can you change the default file save format to .doc which is widely supported in the backward version of office 2007.
1. Open Microsoft Word, click office icon at the top left.
2. Now, Click the Word Options
3. Select Save in the left pane, then select Word 97-2003 Documents from the drop down.
4. Click OK
We hope you like this small tweak, but if still you have a .docx files which you want to open in office 2003 or later version of office, try using some free web services like Zamzar.com or docxtodoc.com that can convert .docx files to .doc
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Hi,
But i have a question.
If you have older Word 2003, and you receive Docx file, now how are you going to change it back to doc on you computer without having to going online to convert it?
Plz reply at sinceredragon@gawab.com
thnx a bunch.
@Ron,
there is a office 2007 compatibility pack from Microsoft Available at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
you need to install it once but it will work in the future for all 2007 documents obviously.
Hi
i have a problem in my computer 1st i istaled office 2003 and then make a file after some month i instaled office 2007 and when i open a my old file in office 2007 he canot open some error come in language ….. plz tell me salution of this problem
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Thank you very much for this tip!
After unsuccessfully trying to do this using the Group Policy Console (as described on Mydigitallife), I can’t believe it’s this easy!
Hello All,
I faced the similar issue. My company (Infosys) has got MS Office-2007 installed but my client (Novartis) has got Office-2002, so whenever I create a office document word (*.docx) or excel (*.xlsx) it doesnt open in the client’s network. The process mentioned above is feasible with 2-3 files, but what if the number of files is more than 100?
I tried the following method:
1. Start –> Run –> cmd
2. Goto the directory where files are stored.
3. Give command “rename *.docx *.doc” or “rename *.xlsx *.xls”, and this will change all the filetypes from MS Office-2007 to older one.
Thanks,
VishalR
Hello All,
I faced the similar issue. My company (Infosys) has got MS Office-2007 installed but my client (Novartis) has got Office-2002, so whenever I create a office document word (*.docx) or excel (*.xlsx) it doesnt open in the client’s network. The process mentioned above is feasible with 2-3 files, but what if the number of files is more than 100?
I tried the following method:
1. Start –> Run –> cmd
2. Goto the directory where files are stored.
3. Give command “rename *.docx *.doc” or “rename *.xlsx *.xls”, and this will change all the filetypes from MS Office-2007 to older one.
Thanks,
VishalR
@vishal – These are default options – once you save them like this – all the files will be automatically saved in old word format
Thanks this is great ! …
I panicked a bit after being asked to resend a CV that couldn’t be opened ! …. how many people couldn’t open my CV and just deleted it. I have been sending them out for months on Word 2007.
Thanks again