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05-18-2008

You are welcome.
--
Paul

"Jerry" wrote:

Quote:

>
> 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:
>

Quote:

> > 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:
> >

Quote:

> > > 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
> > > >

05-18-2008	#8 (permalink)
PaulB n/a posts	Re: Converting Word 97-2003 document to Word 2007 You are welcome. -- Paul "Jerry" wrote: Quote: > > 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: > Quote: > > 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: > > Quote: > > > 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 > > > >
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