Hi Paul,
Thank you very much, I appreciate your information! However, I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I'm not looking to change what we're doing or how we do it. All I really need to know is if there is a way to edit our current macro so that it opens word documents regardless of their extension. If that isn't possible, then I will convert all of our files to the new *.docx extension, and modify the macro accordingly.

Speaking of converting files, I've tried a couple of macros online, but they just change the extension so the files open in compatibility mode. Do you have a macro that will actually convert the files similar to how the Open/Save As function works?

Again, thank you for your help!