Convert XLSX to XLS or Convert DOCX to DOC easily


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It was bound to happen sooner or later, I knew I would get a document created by Office 2007. So what do you do if you get one of these gems of compatibility? Do you upgrade to graphical nonsense or keep working with tried and true Office pre 2007, well of course you do not upgrade. However the world being full of idiots you will find someone plunking down cash needlessly for Office 2007. So what do you do when you get that goofy file extension xlsx or docx file and need to convert it? Look to Microsoft and download their File Format Converters. This download can easily convert the file extension xlsx to a regular old xls. It also allows you to convert docx to doc and save back down if necessary.

There are also web based converters such as docx2doc.com or zamzar.com which will covert your docx to doc and email back to you.

Check it out

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March 19, 2007 | Filed Under Microsoft 

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83 Responses to “Convert XLSX to XLS or Convert DOCX to DOC easily”

  1. yeahimliberalwannafightaboutit on MyAvatars 0.2 March 19th, 2007 5:02 pm

    Yet another nice tip. Here’s another one, send it back and tell the idiot that sent you the file to convert it to something that everyone can use.

    I despise people like this, same people who send you wordperfect documents. Hello its 2007!

  2. whatifiamold on MyAvatars 0.2 March 19th, 2007 5:11 pm

    anything to keep me from writing more checks to Microshaft

  3. docx2doc on MyAvatars 0.2 March 21st, 2007 6:54 am

    Or, you can use this online conversion service: http://www.docx2doc.com - easy to upload .docx and convert to .doc on the fly

  4. barry on MyAvatars 0.2 March 29th, 2007 2:05 am

    microsoft make me happy in the pants

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  6. Bill on MyAvatars 0.2 April 30th, 2007 4:47 pm

    I need to use very large xls’s and the 2007 version allows 1,000,000 rows, up from 64,000 in the previous version. That alone is reason enought for me to buy the new version. However I agree at this early stage sending someone a 2007 xlsx is a bit pathetic.

  7. PlymouthMinivan on MyAvatars 0.2 May 1st, 2007 9:19 pm

    You are being sarcastic right about the 1,000,000 rows? Right? Wow

  8. Oskar Syahbana on MyAvatars 0.2 May 17th, 2007 4:11 am

    @PlymouthMinivan: He might not be sarcastic and telling you the truth. On my last project I opted for Excel 2007 to process some 800K rows of data (each with 20 column). I know I can always use Access but I don’t need to use a napalm to light a cigarette right?

  9. iffath on MyAvatars 0.2 June 24th, 2007 10:22 am

    docx to doc

  10. Al on MyAvatars 0.2 July 18th, 2007 1:47 pm

    yeahimliberalwannafightaboutit
    “I despise people like this, same people who send you wordperfect documents. Hello its 2007!”

    In one sentence you say how you should send back the doc and in the next you say people should get with the times! You are correct, it IS 2007 and xlsx is a 2007 product!

  11. Andrea O'Donnell on MyAvatars 0.2 July 22nd, 2007 8:16 pm

    You ppl are funny. Just download the converter & shut up.

  12. Pp on MyAvatars 0.2 July 28th, 2007 5:17 am

    MICRO SHIT

  13. benn on MyAvatars 0.2 August 6th, 2007 11:18 pm

    I’m glad windows users get the opportunity to convert xlsx spreadsheets. The mac converter that Microsoft supplies does not.

  14. yuvaraj on MyAvatars 0.2 August 21st, 2007 7:10 am

    I have one mail with xlsx , but i am unable to open the mail, plesase help me through mail.

  15. benn on MyAvatars 0.2 August 21st, 2007 3:29 pm

    @yuvaraj
    If you are referring to apple’s mail application, there’s nothing you can do to open the xlsx spreadsheet. You’ll have to convert the xlsx on a pc with the converter mentioned above, and then move it back over to mac to open. We’ve had the same problem at our office.

  16. Doctorrr on MyAvatars 0.2 August 21st, 2007 3:36 pm

    ?????????? ?????????? ??????? )))

  17. Walter on MyAvatars 0.2 September 7th, 2007 4:07 pm

    Mac people rejoice!. Apple’s new iWork 08 suite includes Numbers app which easily opens the .xlsx files, as well as Pages app which opens .docx files, as well as Keynote which opens the .pptx files. Who cares about MicroShaft!

  18. RG on MyAvatars 0.2 September 16th, 2007 2:48 am

    office2007 total stupid!!!

  19. Ashok Kumar on MyAvatars 0.2 September 19th, 2007 6:10 am

    xlsx to xls and docx to doc

  20. abi on MyAvatars 0.2 September 20th, 2007 1:51 pm

    installed the microsoft file converter and it converts the .xlsx file to .xls but it is an eMpTY file when it opens in excell 2003 ! !! !

    any ideas ?

  21. Chris on MyAvatars 0.2 September 24th, 2007 9:25 am

    Just wanted to say good stuff! Especially since I can download it as a file which I can put on our company library to install on users’ PCs rather than having to go through the office update process for each one!

  22. Frank on MyAvatars 0.2 October 9th, 2007 12:36 pm

    Viva OpenOffice!!!

  23. joe on MyAvatars 0.2 November 1st, 2007 4:43 am

    good

  24. nii on MyAvatars 0.2 November 15th, 2007 5:29 pm

    download openoffice.
    M$ sucks so much!

  25. Marina on MyAvatars 0.2 December 11th, 2007 5:34 pm

    I just copy the sheets into an .xls doc.

  26. James on MyAvatars 0.2 December 15th, 2007 8:42 pm

    If you are a PC or Mac user I found this site where you can convert your docx. to doc for free http://www.convertmydocx.com/

  27. Deb Web Designer on MyAvatars 0.2 January 12th, 2008 7:54 am

    Hi
    Thanks for your information, and also thanks to zamzar.com, it’s very helpful

    Thanks
    Deb

  28. John on MyAvatars 0.2 January 23rd, 2008 6:10 pm

    To me the whole 2007 office package is a total mess and indeed a bad product. It is logical that they have improve some of the features from last version. But the greatest mistake was that they change the whole interaction.

    People has adjusted to work with office in a certain way, and all of a sudden everything changes. They have grouped tools, the whole aspect is different, even some data features has been moved totally.

    Therefore people need more of this docx to doc, because this 2007 product sucks.

  29. Fahad on MyAvatars 0.2 February 2nd, 2008 5:47 am

    Thanks for the links man. I usually only use online converters and zamzar.com fits the bill very well. :)

  30. Partha on MyAvatars 0.2 February 7th, 2008 3:18 pm

    Thanks

  31. santosh on MyAvatars 0.2 February 8th, 2008 10:52 am

    Very googd application

  32. Munesh on MyAvatars 0.2 February 12th, 2008 2:56 pm

    This is really a good application, i often use the online converter to convert the docx files to doc files. Thanks for the link and zamzar.com.

    Thanks,

  33. Flexsin Technologies on MyAvatars 0.2 February 12th, 2008 3:00 pm

    This is really a good application, i often use the online converter to convert the docx files to doc files. Thanks for the link and zamzar.com.

    Thanks,

  34. Flexsin on MyAvatars 0.2 February 12th, 2008 3:03 pm

    Yes, this is really a good application, i often use the online converter to convert the docx files to doc files. Thanks for the link and zamzar.com.

    Thanks,

  35. multimediaconvert on MyAvatars 0.2 February 18th, 2008 8:21 am

    For multimedia fans:

    yeh, i like to convert videos from youtube and i used zamzar for it, but now i found in internet new mega free video tool: http://www.all2convert.com - it`s amazing.

    Convert youtube videos to iphone and mobile phones for free. Watch videos online direct in iphone!

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  36. redtube video on MyAvatars 0.2 February 22nd, 2008 7:57 am

    this is a good application and i think this will be much useful

  37. Andrew Z on MyAvatars 0.2 February 25th, 2008 12:44 am

    Here’s a detailed review of the Office Compatibility Pack and a review of Zamzar.com converting .docx to .odt.

    There are other ways to convert OpeXML (.docx, etc.) files including OdfConverter, docx2rtf, and OxygenOffice.

    Finally, no matter which way you chose, be sure you have the Office 2007 fonts installed so the document displays properly.

  38. Barba on MyAvatars 0.2 March 20th, 2008 2:53 pm

    There is also a .NET component for developers that can Convert between XLS/CSV/HTML/XLSX files: http://www.gemboxsoftware.com/GBSpreadsheet.htm

  39. Anonymous on MyAvatars 0.2 March 25th, 2008 4:45 pm

    yeh, i like to convert videos from youtube and i used zamzar for it, but now i found in internet new mega free video tool: http://www.all2convert.com - it`s amazing.

    Convert youtube videos to iphone and mobile phones for free. Watch videos online direct in iphone!

  40. noor on MyAvatars 0.2 March 29th, 2008 8:58 am

    very good

  41. novak djokovic on MyAvatars 0.2 March 31st, 2008 8:02 pm

    thanks for .docx to .doc conversion, I Google for it and it brought me here

  42. Technology Hacker on MyAvatars 0.2 April 1st, 2008 10:03 am

    Thank you so much.

    Regards
    Technology Hacker
    http://techno-globe.blogspot.com

  43. BarbaMariolino on MyAvatars 0.2 April 10th, 2008 12:51 pm

    Hi,

    You can use .NET Component (http://www.gemboxsoftware.com/GBSpreadsheet.htm) to convert between XLS, CSV, HTML and XLSX files.

  44. bhavin on MyAvatars 0.2 April 17th, 2008 6:09 pm

    sda

  45. bhavin on MyAvatars 0.2 April 17th, 2008 6:10 pm

    nothing

  46. travel the world on MyAvatars 0.2 May 3rd, 2008 5:27 am

    Nice tools. This is another good converter here: http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-XLS/Features/Convert-XLSM.htm

  47. Ginkgofrog on MyAvatars 0.2 May 5th, 2008 12:45 am

    So HOW do you convert an xlsx file? I asked for the converter to be installed in my office on campus and they went ahead an upgraded me. Now I can’t read any of my own files on my computer at home. I’ve downloaded the converter from several different places and it DOESN’T work!! I just *love* Microsoft.

  48. Reverse Mergers on MyAvatars 0.2 May 6th, 2008 11:29 pm

    I think everyone is running into this type of problem with the new Microsoft-centric file extensions… they couldn’t just keep it simple.

    I’m glad there are at least some decent solutions for people that are running into this problem.

    Sometimes I forget to convert a docx file over and send it to a client, and they can’t open it. I guess maybe they should learn about some tools to help them out as well.

  49. Sir FS on MyAvatars 0.2 May 8th, 2008 8:53 am

    thanks for zamzar. It is very helpful………………………..

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  51. gfhgfvbv on MyAvatars 0.2 May 14th, 2008 1:46 pm

    nothing special

  52. south africa trips on MyAvatars 0.2 May 17th, 2008 8:08 am

    Ya, MS could simply keep the old extensions…

  53. mjcoolz21 on MyAvatars 0.2 May 28th, 2008 12:49 pm

    I think for convert docx to doc, for offline there was freeware.u can dowload http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/Docx2Rtf.zip. so the result of convert to rtf.so from that, u can use that like as common office.

  54. computing tips on MyAvatars 0.2 June 5th, 2008 10:11 pm

    thanks for this, very intresting

  55. In God We Trust on MyAvatars 0.2 June 15th, 2008 9:38 am

    I have yet to use Office 2007 because I\’m still stuck in the ancient era of 2003. I love using open source apps such as Open Office and Star

  56. small business website design and web site designers kalamazoo mi on MyAvatars 0.2 June 23rd, 2008 11:02 pm

    zamzar just spins forever, ten minutes later it is not done uploading. docx2doc.com now makes you wait 24 hours or pay. No good online solutions that I can see right now.

  57. OC Web Design on MyAvatars 0.2 June 25th, 2008 12:48 am

    Oh wow, this is such a crappy dilemma. Microsoft had to create this problem, but apparently there is a reason for going to the docx format (which I don’t know yet). I hope there are some better solutions in the near future, because this has created tons of problems for people with older versions of their Office software.

  58. pyunika on MyAvatars 0.2 July 1st, 2008 10:23 am

    this is a good converter software

  59. dave on MyAvatars 0.2 July 2nd, 2008 2:29 pm

    Zamzar worked fine for me, it was a short .docx (1 page) but it only took about 3-4 minutes.

  60. KALYAN on MyAvatars 0.2 July 8th, 2008 6:39 am

    I REQUIRED TO CONVERT OF XLSX TO XLS

  61. KALYAN on MyAvatars 0.2 July 8th, 2008 6:40 am

    thank u

  62. University Technology Transfer on MyAvatars 0.2 July 16th, 2008 12:44 pm

    I don’t know why people keep office 2007 anyway! I have office 2007 on my work PC… There are basically no new features sing half a decade! MS is running circles around you. And then there is the performance of OOO. Lets not even go there; Microsoft’s has 10x the features and still operates and starts faster.

  63. Arunkumar on MyAvatars 0.2 August 5th, 2008 12:29 pm

    I am having set of xlsx and pptx files, need to convert those to xls and ppt. but the command line is not doing any help.

    for the the xlsx i tried

    c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12>excelcnv -oice c:\xl.xlsx c:\xl.xls

    it gives out a xl.xls but its just the copy of my input xlsx file when i open that file in the office 2000 it gives error. i just renamed the xl.xls to xl.zip, now i can see the xmls inside. so it just created the copy of my input file and renamed it to xl.xls.

    Any help on this highly appreciated.

    Thanks

  64. alkesh on MyAvatars 0.2 August 7th, 2008 5:30 am

    good

  65. Download Yugioh Episodes on MyAvatars 0.2 September 13th, 2008 5:34 pm

    nice software.
    nice article as well. you explained it really well….

  66. Zoids on MyAvatars 0.2 September 13th, 2008 5:35 pm

    nice article dude. you rock. i was looking for something like this……….

  67. Fahad on MyAvatars 0.2 September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm

    I just needed this type of software and u covered it nicely thanks….

  68. Designer Swimwear on MyAvatars 0.2 September 16th, 2008 5:57 pm

    This is good to know about. So many times I have run into this problem, whether I forgot to change the filetype on a Vista machine or it was someone else sending me .docx on my XP machine.

  69. Web Design Hamburg on MyAvatars 0.2 September 20th, 2008 10:03 am

    Why can’t they agree on a single format anyway? What I hate about Microshit’s products is the many different formats they come with. You simply can’t get it right.

  70. zlatan24 on MyAvatars 0.2 October 3rd, 2008 6:46 am

    I heard about not bad application-xlsx repair Microsoft, know how will display a dialog box with the question whether this worksheet should actually be scanned, also with help it you may try to open the necessary *.xls, *,xlt, *.xlsx, xlsm, *.xltm, *.xltx, *.xlam file and see an error message on the screen instead of it: Microsoft Excel unable to read file, This file is not in a recognizable format, etc.

  71. kiennguyen on MyAvatars 0.2 October 8th, 2008 3:17 am

    thanksssssssssssssssssssssss

  72. Jay on MyAvatars 0.2 October 9th, 2008 12:27 am

    ZAMZAR.com was FREE and FAST. I was able to convert an xlsx file to xls within 3 minutes of finding THIS site. So THANKS for the info!
    made my dads day

  73. Seguros coche on MyAvatars 0.2 October 9th, 2008 6:52 pm

    La verdad es que la gente de Microsoft debería haber hecho lo mismo que cuando pasaron de Office97 a Office2000: mantener la extensión del fichero es lo más seguro para no incordiar a los usuarios!!!

  74. No Spam on MyAvatars 0.2 October 20th, 2008 1:00 pm

    “I need to use very large xls’s and the 2007 version allows 1,000,000 rows, up from 64,000 in the previous version. That alone is reason enought for me to buy the new version. However I agree at this early stage sending someone a 2007 xlsx is a bit pathetic.” - Bill

    Bill is an idiot. Apparently he isn’t smart enough to use a database which this application — given all this data — clearly cries out for. His company should immediately begin investigating alternatives to Bill instead of spending good money after bad on Office07.

  75. syaimuse on MyAvatars 0.2 October 22nd, 2008 9:29 am

    LOL…easy…how to change docx to doc

    go to folder option..select tab “view”..then “untick” hide file extension

    go to the file that have docx file…just rename it…remove “x”

    simple…tadaaaaa~~~

  76. Dark Laurel on MyAvatars 0.2 October 23rd, 2008 12:56 pm

    one for those whose getting problem on Word version in there pc..

  77. Arf on MyAvatars 0.2 October 29th, 2008 3:33 am

    “I need to use very large xls’s and the 2007 version allows 1,000,000 rows, up from 64,000 in the previous version. That alone is reason enought for me to buy the new version. However I agree at this early stage sending someone a 2007 xlsx is a bit pathetic.” - Bill

    … get FileMaker Pro, super easy to use database software and you get to avoid more Microsoft products (access)

  78. Anonymous on MyAvatars 0.2 October 31st, 2008 3:54 pm

    Cool

  79. girs games on MyAvatars 0.2 November 2nd, 2008 9:37 pm

    thanks

  80. Shreekant on MyAvatars 0.2 November 10th, 2008 1:19 pm

    Came across this amazing website which converts xlsx to xls online for free. http://www.sheetconvert.com

  81. nisha on MyAvatars 0.2 November 13th, 2008 1:59 pm

    http://www.sheetconvert.com is a really good site
    Thanks a lot

  82. dave on MyAvatars 0.2 November 29th, 2008 11:11 am

    lets review. convert XLSX to XLS

    #1) complain about micro soft
    #2) post link to convert doc files

  83. prasit on MyAvatars 0.2 December 4th, 2008 8:17 am

    goods

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