Converting Word 97-2003 document to Word 2007

[Jerry]

I use Vista and want to know how to open a file that was originally in Word
97 – 2003 to open in Vista Word 2007 and how to convert that file to the Word
2007 format.
When I searched Microsoft on this issue, it said to click on Start and look
for the word convert. When I did that I could not find the work convert.

Jerry

 

[LesleyO]

"Jerry" <Jerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA8A3016-BF9B-4A1A-96A0-54FBF5D0F781@microsoft.com...
>I use Vista and want to know how to open a file that was originally in Word
> 97 – 2003 to open in Vista Word 2007 and how to convert that file to the
> Word
> 2007 format.
> When I searched Microsoft on this issue, it said to click on Start and
> look
> for the word convert. When I did that I could not find the work convert.
>
> Jerry


Jerry, click on the "Office" button -- the Start button for Word -- in the
upper left corner; "Convert" is the third option down.
LesleyO

 

[Nonny]

On Sat, 17 May 2008 20:47:00 -0700, Jerry
<Jerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I use Vista and want to know how to open a file that was originally in Word
>97 – 2003 to open in Vista Word 2007 and how to convert that file to the Word
>2007 format.
>When I searched Microsoft on this issue, it said to click on Start and look
>for the word convert. When I did that I could not find the work convert.

You might try asking this in a group dedicated to Office problems:

microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[Jerry]

Lesley -

Thanks for your return. The third option down on my list is Save. Convert
is nowhere on the list.

Jerry

"LesleyO" wrote:


> Jerry, click on the "Office" button -- the Start button for Word -- in the
> upper left corner; "Convert" is the third option down.
> LesleyO
>
>

 

[Jerry]

Nonny -

Thanks for the reply. If Lesley can't help me, I'll post on the other forum.

Jerry

"Nonny" wrote:

> You might try asking this in a group dedicated to Office problems:
>
> microsoft.public.office.misc
>

 

[PaulB]

Hi Jerry,
You should be able to just open the file in Word 2007.
You will only see the convert button if you are viewing a document that was
created or saved as a previous version of Word.

--
Paul


"Jerry" wrote:

> Nonny -
>
> Thanks for the reply. If Lesley can't help me, I'll post on the other forum.
>
> Jerry
>
> "Nonny" wrote:
>
> > You might try asking this in a group dedicated to Office problems:
> >
> > microsoft.public.office.misc
> >

 

[Jerry]

Paul –
Thanks for your feedback. My mistake was looking for the word create for a
file that did not need to change. I feel a little foolish that I did not
figure it out.

However, you said my Word 97 – 2003 files should convert automatically when
I use Word 2007. And, they all seem to do that. However, this one file did
not. And when I went through the steps to convert it to Word 2007, the file
did convert, but some of the information was missing. This particular file
had different formats in it and I suspect the conversion was not able to
convert them all successfully.

Thanks,
Jerry

"PaulB" wrote:

> Hi Jerry,
> You should be able to just open the file in Word 2007.
> You will only see the convert button if you are viewing a document that was
> created or saved as a previous version of Word.
>
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Jerry" wrote:
>
> > Nonny -
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. If Lesley can't help me, I'll post on the other forum.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > "Nonny" wrote:
> >
> > > You might try asking this in a group dedicated to Office problems:
> > >
> > > microsoft.public.office.misc
> > >

 

[PaulB]

You are welcome.
--
Paul


"Jerry" wrote:

>
> Paul –
> Thanks for your feedback. My mistake was looking for the word create for a
> file that did not need to change. I feel a little foolish that I did not
> figure it out.
>
> However, you said my Word 97 – 2003 files should convert automatically when
> I use Word 2007. And, they all seem to do that. However, this one file did
> not. And when I went through the steps to convert it to Word 2007, the file
> did convert, but some of the information was missing. This particular file
> had different formats in it and I suspect the conversion was not able to
> convert them all successfully.
>
> Thanks,
> Jerry
>
> "PaulB" wrote:
>
> > Hi Jerry,
> > You should be able to just open the file in Word 2007.
> > You will only see the convert button if you are viewing a document that was
> > created or saved as a previous version of Word.
> >
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > "Jerry" wrote:
> >
> > > Nonny -
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. If Lesley can't help me, I'll post on the other forum.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > "Nonny" wrote:
> > >
> > > > You might try asking this in a group dedicated to Office problems:
> > > >
> > > > microsoft.public.office.misc
> > > >

 

[LesleyO]

"Jerry" <Jerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25734F7F-63C8-48F3-876C-FE839E4C820E@microsoft.com...
> Lesley -
>
> Thanks for your return. The third option down on my list is Save.
> Convert
> is nowhere on the list.
>
> Jerry
>
> "LesleyO" wrote:
>
>
>> Jerry, click on the "Office" button -- the Start button for Word -- in
>> the
>> upper left corner; "Convert" is the third option down.
>> LesleyO
>>

Glad you found out your "problem"! I was doing proofing for someone who was
using 2003, so wasn't converting, but could see where "Convert" was --
thought you needed to convert from 2003 to 2007. C'est la vie!

Lesley