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Old 04-23-2021, 08:19 AM
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Hey, I'm using Office 365 and currently wanting to save a Word DOC file from Word 2003 into the newer DOCX file format in my current version of Word. I know I can do this in Word in Office 365 using "Save as" but it creates a new file with all the stats like editing time, revisions etc removed. Is there any way to save/convert the 2003 file into DOCX by retaining these?



I would just continue saving it in compatibility mode in Word, but for some reason, although any changes save OK, it seems to take forever to save and sort of hangs Word whilst doing so (title bar changes to "Not responding") and takes about 30sec-1min to save, even on a new i7. Any help would be appreciated
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Old 04-23-2021, 10:31 AM
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I'm sorry, I do not have an answer to your question. It is a new file. I suppose you could take a screenshot of the statistics and save that in your new file. You might be able to edit these in the new document in the xml; I do not know.

Realistically, these "statistics" have little meaning. Perhaps to a Microsoft tech they have meaning, but not to a general user or supervisor.

Editing time refers to the time the document was open. It includes the time the document was in the background while you played solitaire. It includes the weekend that you left the computer on with the document open and you were at home.
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Old 04-23-2021, 12:01 PM
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I'm sorry, I do not have an answer to your question. It is a new file. I suppose you could take a screenshot of the statistics and save that in your new file. You might be able to edit these in the new document in the xml; I do not know.

Realistically, these "statistics" have little meaning. Perhaps to a Microsoft tech they have meaning, but not to a general user or supervisor.

Editing time refers to the time the document was open. It includes the time the document was in the background while you played solitaire. It includes the weekend that you left the computer on with the document open and you were at home.
Thanks for the reply.

You're right, the stats don't mean much really I guess - it's just I'm a sentimental fool and it's a document I've been editing regularly since 2014 so I just wondered if there was any way to retain.

I may just have to save it as a DOCX and carry on from there, hopefully it will save changes quicker then too. Do you think the fact it's in compatibility mode is what's causing it to take so long to save?
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Old 04-23-2021, 06:33 PM
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Compatibility mode does take longer, in my limited experience. (I generally save the document in compatibility mode, then create a copy and update it. I check to see if there are any problems. If not, I use that.) I generally work from my custom templates for new documents.
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In some cases, such as the 'total editing time', you can edit the value stored in the .docx file.

To edit the 'total editing time':
1. change the .docx file's extension to .zip
2. open the zip archive and look for a file named app.xml
3. open the file named app.xml and look for a string like:
<TotalTime>600</TotalTime>
where the 600 is the stored total editing time value, in minutes.
4. change the stored total editing time value to whatever corresponding 'old' value your .doc file had.
5. close and save the zip file
6. change the .zip file's extension to .docx
Done.
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In some cases, such as the 'total editing time', you can edit the value stored in the .docx file.

To edit the 'total editing time':
1. change the .docx file's extension to .zip
2. open the zip archive and look for a file named app.xml
3. open the file named app.xml and look for a string like:
<TotalTime>600</TotalTime>
where the 600 is the stored total editing time value, in minutes.
4. change the stored total editing time value to whatever corresponding 'old' value your .doc file had.
5. close and save the zip file
6. change the .zip file's extension to .docx
Done.
Wow thank you for that, that's brilliant solved the issue perfectly. Well not that it was much of an issue, but you know what I mean!

Some of the other stats and properties were also in core.xml. I have edited them and will see if they carry on updating as I edit the document more.
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