How to convert docx to doc and other files
Some people nowadays are using Microsoft Office 2008 in creating their office applications. The utilization of this new version of office applications poses problems regarding compatibility and portability of office documents. If you have noticed, Office 2008 documents contains and extended character at the end of their file types (docx for doc, xlsx for xls, pptx for ppt). All of these new file extensions are not compatible with the previous versions of the Microsoft Office suite. There was even an instance when I forgot to save my document as an office 2003 compatible document. When I transferred to the workstation which uses an older version of Microsoft Office, I have encountered problems in opening my document.
Last night, I was able to find a way to convert office 2008 files to office 2003 compatible files without the use of any office 2008 applications. These conversion tools are online applications, which makes it more robust in terms of portability.
- Docx2Doc is a web service which offers free conversion of docx documents to doc format. http://www.docx2doc.com/
- Zamzar is another service which offers document conversions. The advantage of Zamzar is its capability to convert not only office documents, but also images, music, archives and videos as well. http://zamzar.com/
- NEW! Thanks to Michael for sharing this resource. TDS Converter offers free conversion of docx to doc. http://converter.tds.lv/
In fact, there are a lot of free online conversion tools available in the net. All you have to do is google your desired keyword for the file you wanted to convert.
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Nice Info on this one
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thnx ani fb! nawerla ko kay the last time i asked my students to submit their reviews through email hindi ko ma-open2 ung mga .docx…hehehe…^^
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Nice ^_^ ganda binigay sa iyo wow hmmm swerte naman!
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It would also be good to suggest to Word 2007 users na kung isesend nila yung file to someone who uses an older version of Office to just save the file in .doc format. Pwede yung gawin, diba? pipili ka lang ng file format pag save mo.
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EASY ANSWER: change Office 2008 (Word) to save as .doc instead of docx going fwd. Open blank document, choose “Save As” go to “Options” change settings.
bigB
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Winston Reply:
September 30th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
some people don’t have an office 2008 installed in their computers.
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Hey, i don’t know if you ever tried the two sites you placed into your blog but zamzar doesn’t send you any email it’s just to get your email stored into their database and docx2doc ask you to pay for the conversion, so one of them sucks and the other is not free..great information you provide techykid.com.
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joshua lutz Reply:
September 16th, 2010 at 12:51 am
this is exactly what happened dto me. Looks like Winston either was ill informed or is in bed with them and this is an add.
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@HPC: hi HPC. I’ve tried using both services at the time of writing of this article.
the zamzar service sent the file in two or three minutes after i uploaded it. whereas the other service was only referred to me by a friend.
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docx2doc charges 7.95 to view your files.
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Thank you–I was just about to say the same thing.
A bit more elaborate, but at least it’s free: Get yourself a copy of OpenOffice.org. It allows you to save a docx as doc. Then, you can open the doc in Word.
I am surprised (well, not really) that Microsoft does not offer either a conversion add-on for Word 2003 or an online conversion tool.
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There are some other free online services like http://converter.tds.lv
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http://converter.tds.lv/ is useful than other two option. I like this site.
Thanks Michael!!!!
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hey guys you dont need all those tools and stuff….!!!!! open your docx file , use the new tab to open a new word document. copy ur stuff on the first and paste on the second. click save. on the save as window that appears is a tools tab in the bottom left corner…click that and go to save options …the first option you have is what format u want to save the document as!!!!!!!!
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Hello Techykid,
Good info. I found out today that http://www.docx2doc.com/ does not offer free docx conversion anymore. I tried to convert a docx file to doc and they ask me for 1.95 US$ (bummer)
Ciao,
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Winston Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 12:55 am
try the new link. it works for free.
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thanks for the article. It useful thing
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Yeah, good call. Send your personal documents to a Latvia, one of the homes of scammers and fraudsters. Just pay the $1.95 at http://www.docx2doc.com and be safe.
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jml designs Reply:
April 23rd, 2011 at 12:04 am
PAY???? Why should the consumer pay to open a doc in a non-backwards compatible software scam?? Paying to rid the problem is giving into this nonsense. A company as big as Microsoft should be a bit more aware and responsible. I am not paying for their coding folley’s. You shouldn’t either. We shouldn’t have to use phpLiveDocx or any of this crap. If Bill Gates was a bit more intuitive with his software code, this would just work. It’s asinine and it slows down business all over the world.
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You can use phpLiveDocx, if you want to convert word processing formats from program code. phpLiveDocx is a freely available Zend Framework compatible component for PHP and can be downloaded from http://www.phplivedocx.org. It runs on Windows, Linux and Mac.
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What HPC said.
Your advice in this blog is dogshit.
One site charges for conversions.
The other harvests emails and does not send you your documents.
Nice shitty advice dumbass.
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brengsek!!
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I dont think docx2doc.com gives free services anymore. Was trying it out today, it keeps prompting me to pay.
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Zamzar is quite good. Thanks for the tip!
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wla bng program? pra kung wlng internet pwede parin mag convert.
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Give Microsoft a break! They’re awesome and make great products.
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nice info, but does anybody know a free ones ?
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thanks for this great post wow… it’s very
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Hmmm, office 2008?? you mean 2007 right? techykid^_^
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i have converted my File at the same moment.. thats a nice way i suggest everyone to use that method
Thanks
~Stylo~
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zamzar helped me convert the docx file to doc! the best thing is it’s free, whereas www. docx2doc.com asked me to pay first $1.95 just to download the file i wanted to convert.
thanks for the help!
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Neither of these sites work properly for me. and zamzar is not free, they offer either a monthly or annual free albeit cheap. All of the converting sites out there seem to be an email grabber scam and don’t actually convert anything. Does anyone know of a legit conversion site that’s actually free? Thank you – Joshua
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I hope that no one here is stupid enough to expose their ‘private’ file to someone else unknown on the net just to convert it from docx to doc!
just get a copy of openoffice or microshitword 2007 at least and install it on your comp, that will be safe your arse a lot peeps!
my two cents worth..
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Nice info. Thanks for share !
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pano ko bva maopen ung files ko na gnawa ko sa 2007…dima open sa 2003
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how can i open my files in this cmputer…i do this files in 2007 but i cant open in 2003
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I really hope is just easy as changing the file name from .docx to .doc by removing the x. You can always just change the settings so that when you save it will automatically be saved as .doc
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Hey, guys… Zamzar just saved my life — I was desperate and trying for an hour to get my single docx opened. As I was reading your comments, I kept trying diff. programs, and just now Zamfir tossed my doc into my e-mail. Took about 3 minutes. GOD BLESS YOU, Zamzar! Please keep your service free, at least for a couple of times, for those of us who were caught off-guard and need help FAST.
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Microsoft finally came up with their own fix. Here it is:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3
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try ‘Docx2Rtf’ converter to get Ms-word(XP)doc mode….
Converts ‘Docx’ file format to ‘Doc’ format.
100% freeware, Download-able & Working.
Latest Version is : Docx2Rtf 4.4
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