> My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had
> Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to
> a
> CD. When I installed the files and folders in Vista, they show up as
> Wordpad
> documents in Microsoft Works Word Processor. I want to convert the copied
> files from Works Word to Office Word 07, so that I might use them in the
> Office format. How do I accomplish this?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Do you have Word 2007 installed? If not, you will not be able to display the
> files if you change them to this new format. If you have Word 2007
> installed, it will convert these files to the new format.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Mal" <Mal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39F99519-C18F-4B57-99AE-63C32C82B31D@microsoft.com...> > My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had>
> > Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to
> > a
> > CD. When I installed the files and folders in Vista, they show up as
> > Wordpad
> > documents in Microsoft Works Word Processor. I want to convert the copied
> > files from Works Word to Office Word 07, so that I might use them in the
> > Office format. How do I accomplish this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
C797F16-3F39-42C9-B41D-7F67EF3E64D5@microsoft.com...>I did install Word 07, Ronnie, and so was able to convert the files to the
> new format.
>
> Thanks very much for taking the time to answer my post.
>
> Mal
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>>> Do you have Word 2007 installed? If not, you will not be able to display
>> the
>> files if you change them to this new format. If you have Word 2007
>> installed, it will convert these files to the new format.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Mal" <Mal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:39F99519-C18F-4B57-99AE-63C32C82B31D@microsoft.com...>> > My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had>>
>> > Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office
>> > to
>> > a
>> > CD. When I installed the files and folders in Vista, they show up as
>> > Wordpad
>> > documents in Microsoft Works Word Processor. I want to convert the
>> > copied
>> > files from Works Word to Office Word 07, so that I might use them in
>> > the
>> > Office format. How do I accomplish this?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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