notepad file conversion

Question

What is the easiest way to convert a bunch of notepad text files to Word 2019 MSO?

Answer 1

Hello rudy dickens, welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum.

The easiest way depends on how many files you need to convert.

If you only have a few files:

Open a .txt file directly in Word 2019 by right-click the file and choose Open with > Word. After it opens in Word, go to File > Save As and select Word Document (.docx).

This is quick and works well for small numbers of files.

If you have a lot of files:

You can automate the process with a VBA macro in Word. Here’s an example:

• Open Word and press Alt + F11 to open the VBA editor.
• Go to Insert > Module and paste this code:

Sub ConvertTxtToDocx()
    Dim strFolder As String
    Dim strFile As String
    Dim wdDoc As Document
    
    ' Change this to your folder path
    strFolder = "path"
    
    strFile = Dir(strFolder & "*.txt")
    
    While strFile <> ""
        Set wdDoc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strFolder & strFile)
        wdDoc.SaveAs2 FileName:=strFolder & Replace(strFile, ".txt", ".docx"), FileFormat:=wdFormatXMLDocument
        wdDoc.Close
        strFile = Dir
    Wend
    
    MsgBox "Conversion complete!"
End Sub
``

• Replace path with the folder path where your text files are stored. For example: C:\Users\YourUserName\Desktop\TxtFiles
• Run the macro (press F5 in the VBA editor).

This will convert all .txt files in that folder to .docx.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

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Answer 2

If you want to convert multiple Notepad files at once, you would need to use a batch script or third-party tool. Word does not provide a built-in option for bulk conversion from text to Word documents.

Or,

Open each Notepad file in Word and save it as a Word document. As there is no built-in batch conversion, so you will need to do this for each file separately.