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I thought I was the only one left using Word 97! MS do a docx-> Word 97 converter. Google should help. I installed it 2-3 years back and no longer have the file or link. IIRC it was for a later version of Word, but works perfectly for me. HTH Nick.

AVS document converter.

BTW, why don't you like Open Office?

Well yet to find one, but cannot you find an old copy of Word XP or something that can be used. There are file format convertors for that. doxillion says it works even in the free version but I've found it wanting quite often. Brian

One way out of course is to install Lotus Symphony, which is free and can be used for editing them as well. Brian

Or Libra Office. Lotus Symphony does not need Java.

Brian

Because I don't know anything about it.

In message , Nick writes

I looked at the MS site and found it only offered converters for 2000 and up.

I'm happy to try if you reckon it will work.

Bloody DEFRA wants farmers to join the Internet revolution and expects them to be up to date!

It's well worth having a look. It's more compatible with new and old MS office data than most versions of office.

It's a relatively small download. The only major problems I've found are the lack of a decent database capability and some glitches with Powerpoint presentations.

Tim, if that doesn't work for you, would anything in this link help?

Cash

AFAICR doesn't Word 97 use the same file format (.doc) as Word 2003? It only changed (to .docx) with Word 2007

David

In message , Tim Lamb writes

I wasn't sure if the MS compatibility pack went back as far as Word97, but this Ehow article alleges it does:

There's precious little in Libre/Open Office than needs it either, and they get quietly disabled if you haven't got java installed.

Well, the *name* is the same...

I've just tried it with Libre Office (=E2=89=88 OpenOffice). The conversion is trivial:

1. Open docx document.
2. Save as doc document.

Simples.

In message , metric snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com writes

Huh!

The MS converter pack is 35Mb

Just about to try it..... I may be gone some time..

It works fine. Been there, T-shirt, etc

Yes. After a bit of fumbling around (file handling is not my favourite activity) it opens OK.

Thanks all.

Yeah obviously; but isn't the file format too? ISTR using the two interchangeably at one time (but I could be confusing it with two

David