James Newport
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I need a tool to convert MS Word & MS Excel files to new 2013 version
I'm looking for a tool to convert MS Word (.doc) to .docx and MS Excel (.xls) to .xlsx - has anyone got any experience of this. I need to do a few thousand at once.
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To add to the above comment you would be creating a new file for each of these dated Office file.
This would give them all new Time Stamps and you would have duplicate files.
It does mot hurt to have the old files remain as they are (2003 format) and moving forward all new files will be using the *.DOCX or *.XLSX.
Office 2013 can read 2003 files perfectly fine.
If you did want to do something you could script something like powershell, but I think it is a waste of time and effort.
This would give them all new Time Stamps and you would have duplicate files.
It does mot hurt to have the old files remain as they are (2003 format) and moving forward all new files will be using the *.DOCX or *.XLSX.
Office 2013 can read 2003 files perfectly fine.
If you did want to do something you could script something like powershell, but I think it is a waste of time and effort.
I don't know if the Tools takes over the creation and modification time stamps of the original file. If not, PowerShell can be applied after the fact.
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if you have .doc and .xls files this means they are in Office 2003 and earlier if you want them to be converted to .docx and .xlsx meaning to 2007 later versions then simply open blank Word or Excel new version and from the File Open menu choose your .doc or .xls file and choose Save as and make sure in the file type to choose the new .docx or .xlsx type and here you go they are converted.
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