Re: [WinMac] Update Word and Excel Files?
Patrick Stanford(P.T.Stanford[at]worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:15:10 -0800
On 11/18/98 10:05 AM, jeff thorstad < thorstadj@macconnect.com> said,
>>
>>My question is does anyone have a script or macro which I can use to scan
>>the hard drives on the server, open all the files which are in previous
>>versions (Word 3, 4, 5, Excel 4 & 5) and update those files to the
>>current Office 98 file format?
>
>Skip it. The new versions can always open these files, so converting them
>is not necessary. They will convert automatically when you open and
>resave them, so why bother doing it before you actually use them again?
>
>If it is a matter of changing type/creator codes for a Mac to a current
>version, there are plenty of utilities to do this on multiple files
>quickly. I use one called MiniConversion. It should available at
><http://members.xoom.com/tsha/tom/>. Actually, this should not be
>necessary for Word/Excel files, either. These two programs (98 versions)
>can still easily read all of the old formats, and save in many of them.
>
What about Office 97? Will it read all of the old Mac file formats?
Thanks,
Pat
Patrick Stanford
Pall Rochem
3904 Del Amo Blvd., Suite 801
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone (310) 370-3160
Fax (310) 370-4988
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P.T.Stanford@worldnet.att.net
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