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Rename multiple documents at same time?

Anonymous
2010-06-30T17:53:49+00:00

Is there any way to rename multiple documents at the same time using "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer"?  We'd like to rename all our .doc documents to .docx since we just started with Office 2007?  Any easy way to do this besides opening each document individually and saving as a .docx?

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-07-20T04:36:54+00:00

    I agree with the person asking the question, that there is a good reason to WANT to do this.  I just gave my daughter a new PC with Office 2010 on it (she previously had Office 2003).  When she goes into WORD and selects Open File, she can't see any of the files that she's used to seeing (because, the filter is set to look for docx files).  Same thing when she goes to save a new document, she can't see any of the existing ones.  I know, I told her to change the filter, but I can see that is a pain to do each time. 

    UNFORTUNATELY, Ken is right.  If you rename a file that is really in .DOC format (such as from WORD 2003, or WORD 97) to .DOCX then WORD 2007 and WORD 2010 will give you a format error when you try and open them (it does not see that it's an older format, it just rejects the request)

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-06-30T20:22:03+00:00

    On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:53:49 +0000, mfran wrote:

    Is there any way to rename multiple documents at the same time using "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer"?  We'd like to rename all our .doc documents to .docx since we just started with Office 2007? 

    There's no reason to do this. Renaming a document from .doc to .docx

    will not change it to the completely different .docx format. If you

    make that change, you may even have trouble opening the files (I'm not

    sure; I've never tried this) since the extension .docx will actually

    be lying about the format of the file, which remains in the .doc

    format.

    If you wanted to change to .docx, you would need to open each document

    individually in Word 2007 or 2010 and then save it as a .docx file.

    However, there's really no reason to do this. Word 2007 can handle

    both .doc and .docx files without a problem.

    Any easy way to do this besides opening each document individually and saving as a .docx?

    That's the only way. But again, it's not necessary and I don't at all

    recommend that you do it.

    Ken Blake

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