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]

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]

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

:

 

[Jerry]

Nonny -

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

Jerry

 

[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.

 

[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]

You are welcome.
--
Paul

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

 

[LesleyO]

Lesley -

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

Jerry

:

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