How to convert boat load of '97 word .doc to .docx using Automator?

Or if you want to use a droplet to drop the doc files onto you can download it here (I made it with applescript).

Good luck.

Phil

I would do as V.K. suggests. You can also download the workflow I created as a Service here, then double clik on it and look at the workflow so you understand it. Save and name it what service you want. I called it "Convert doc to docx".

Here is the workflow.

Phil

Thanks, pjdube!

The script you supplied works very well to convert .doc or .docx to pdf. I tried to modify it to convert .doc to .docx, but it's not quite working. (So far it just opens the file in Word and sits there, thinking it's done...)

All I did was change the paramaters where you had "pdf" to "docx," making sure automator liked the syntax. What am I missing?

Here's my ammended workflow.

Thank you for the script, and for any suggestions on how to make mine work!

~josh.

property theList : {"doc"}

on run {input, parameters}

set output to {}

tell application "Microsoft Word" to set theOldDefaultPath to get default file path file path type documents path

repeat with x in input

try

set theDoc to contents of x

tell application "Finder"

set theFilePath to container of theDoc as text

set ext to name extension of theDoc

if ext is in theList then

set theName to name of theDoc

copy length of theName to l

copy length of ext to exl

set n to l - exl - 1

copy characters 1 through n of theName as string to theFilename

set theFilename to theFilename & ".docx"

tell application "Microsoft Word"

set default file path file path type documents path path theFilePath

open theDoc

set theActiveDoc to the active document

save as theActiveDoc file format docx file name theFilename

copy (POSIX path of (theFilePath & theFilename as string)) to end of output

close theActiveDoc

end tell

end if

end tell

end try

end repeat

tell application "Microsoft Word" to set default file path file path type documents path path theOldDefaultPath

return output

end run

I'm in the same boat (forgive the pun). Did you manage to convert to docx in the meanwhile?

[warning: newbie] I think the line where you change 'pdf' to 'docx' should read:

save astheActiveDocfile formatformat documentfile nametheFilename

Then again, maybe not.

In any case, I get a 'null' error when I try pjdube's original script (unchanged).

Thanks for any update regarding conversion to docx!