Converting DOC Files to DOCX

You can upgrade older Word documents (DOC files) in your project to the newer DOCX format. The DOC format is from Word 2003 and older versions of Word. The DOCX format—an open standard format based on XML—was introduced in Microsoft Office 2007.

  1. Open a Doc-To-Help project that contains at least one document with a DOC extension.
  2. Select File > Doc-To-Help.
  3. In the Doc-To-Help menu in Word, click the Common Tasks submenu option under the Project section.
  4. Click the Convert Doc to DocX button. You will see a prompt to start the operation; click the appropriate button to begin the conversion. The prompt message depends on whether a project is shared or not. For shared (team) projects, you need to check out the project.

After a successful conversion, all documents in the project will be DOCX, and all links in all Word documents will be updated appropriately.

Note If any error occurs while converting documents, Doc-To-Help attempts to restore everything (documents and the project) to the initial state (before starting the conversion).