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How do I Convert a Folder full of Microsoft Word Documents to a Latest Microsoft Office Word 365 Version Format with a specific Extension?

Sometimes you wish to convert a file and give it a non standard extension.

The command line below shows how you can convert all the Microsoft Word Documents in a folder to a Latest Microsoft Office Word 365 Version Format file - DOC and give them the extension of .DOCX.

Command Line

docto -WD -f 'c:\path\todocuments' -o 'c:\path\toOutputfiles' -ox '.DOCX' -t wdFormatDocumentDefault 

or easier to read

docto  -WD 
       -f 'c:\path\todocuments' 
       -o 'c:\path\toOutputfiles' 
       -ox '.DOCX'
       -t wdFormatDocumentDefault

Command Line Explained

• -WD : This is a conversion using Microsoft Word.
• -f : The File or directory to be converted
• -o : The Output File or Directory where you would like the converted file to be written to.
• -ox : The Output extension to be used for converted files
• -T : The file format type that is being converted to

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