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Kathy Grube
Jan 16, 2020Copper Contributor
Retaining .doc files rather than .docx files in a SPO Library
I have a user who needs to retain her Word documents as .doc files as this format is required when uploading files to a website - the website will not accept .docx. I tried to test what happens when ...
Andrew Hodges
Jan 17, 2020Bronze Contributor
Hi Kathy Grube ,
I am not seeing .doc files being converted, I have had the opposite issue where .doc files migrated to SharePoint don't work in co-authoring etc and have had to convert them to .docx.
If you are having an issue the user can open the Word App and use the Save As to save as a .doc file when they need to send to the website.
- Kathy GrubeFeb 16, 2020Copper Contributor
Thank you Andrew Hodges -that sounds like a sensible option to get docs to latest docx