That's correct. I noticed that after I converted a document, the convert
button disappeared.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Tschurin" wrote in message
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Click the office symbol in the upper left hand corner. You must have open
at
the time a file that would need conversion. Otherwise I don't think the
"convert" option will appear on the menu.
--
Geoff


"Tyro" wrote:

Where is the "Convert" option? I do not see it in Office 2007 Ultimate.

Tyro

"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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Well, I decided to shut up and see what happens. I opened Office 2003
files and converted them to Office 2007 files. In *both* Excel and
Word,
the 2003 format file was removed after the 2007 file was created.

I realized that I've never used the convert button, at least not since
losing macros in a file while testing the beta. Since my files often
contain macros, I do Save As to ensure that I get a macro-enabled file
(.xlsm or .docm). This of course leaves the original file intact.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Tschurin" wrote in message
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Jon and Tyro

Obviously I have only limited knowledge of this stuff but I don't
"save
as"
to convert. I click on the office button in the upper left hand corner
and
there is a "convert" option [distinct from the "save" or "save as"
options].
And yes, when I'm using a .doc file in Word 2007 and click on convert
and
then close the file, it shows up in the directory with a .docx
extension.
There is only one file with that name. In Excel, I do the same thing
and
the
result is two files with the same name, one with an .xls extension and
the
other with an .xlsx extension.

--
Geoff


"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Since it's a Save As operation, I would not have expected the old
file
to be
deleted.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Tschurin" wrote in message
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I have read that when I convert an .xls workbook to .xlsx, Excel
will
automatically delete the older version. It is not working that way
for
me;
the old .xls file is still there in the file directory, along with
the
newer
.xlsx version, even after I "refresh" Windows explorer. Any
suggestions as
to
why the old .xls files are not being deleted automatically
post-conversion; I
have thousands of older files and would hate to have to delete each
one of
them manually when I convert a workbook to Excel 2007. I believe
the
older
files were mostly created in Excel 2000. Oddly enough the automatic
deletion
is working fine with my Word 2007 after I convert a .doc file to
.docx.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

--
Geoff