Software to migrate Office 2003 Word files to Office 2007 Vista

[Guest]

I have some Word and Excel files on CDs and on a WD external hard drive that
were created in Office Basic Edition 2003 on a Dell XP. This week I
upgraded to Vista and purchased Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 with
Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I have read there is a utility or something that
will convert the Word and Excel documents so I can download them to the Vista
"C" drive. I'd appreciate any ideas.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You don't need anything to convert them. Just open them.

 

[Jay Freedman]

To be more precise, when you open an Office 2003 document in Office
2007 programs, it'll be in "compatibility mode" (you should see that
term next to the document's name in the title bar).

You can convert the document to the new file format by clicking the
Office button and selecting Convert from the menu. If you don't do
that, the document will remain in the old file format.

Each of the Office programs can deal equally well with both old and
new formats, but documents that are still in compatibility mode won't
support some of the new features, such as SmartArt.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[susie_connolly]

To be more precise, when you open anOffice2003 document inOffice
2007 programs, it'll be in "compatibility mode" (you should see that
term next to the document's name in the title bar).

You can convert the document to the new file format by clicking theOfficebutton and selecting Convert from the menu. If you don't do
that, the document will remain in the old file format.

Each of theOfficeprograms can deal equally well with both old and
new formats, but documents that are still in compatibility mode won't
support some of the new features, such as SmartArt.

--
Regards,
Jay FreedmanMicrosoftWord MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.




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I dont know if I'm typing in the wrong box. Never done this before.
Please can someone help me before I tear my hair out or throw computer
across the room.
I have Microsoft Office Professional Ed 2003. Have been trying to
transfer files to a new laptop with Basic Vista. But keeps asking me
what programme it needs to open them.
Why wont it just open them? I have no idea what programme it needs to
open them.
Please please help in plain simple language
Thanks Susie