Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Document Conversion

This section describes the resources available for converting documents from earlier versions of Office to Office 2003 Editions. It also includes information about converting WordPerfect documents to Office 2003 Editions. Key points to take away from these sections include the following:

• Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office 97, Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003 Editions share the same file format and thus don’t require conversion to use earlier versions of those documents with Office XP or Office 2003 Editions.

• Office XP and Office 2003 Editions can open individual files created with earlier versions of Office, and they include the Batch Conversion Wizard for converting multiple documents at a time.

• You can deploy the Office ...