I batch converted all my .doc WORD documents to .docx on my home mac using automator. They open fine at home in "compatibility mode." The files are synced to my work computer with dropbox. On my work PC running Windows, when I try to open with WORD, I get a dialog box that says "the file extension does not match the file type," and the file won't open. I found a couple of workarounds, but I need a better solution. The workarounds are (1) open the document on my mac and "convert" (from file menu) so it doesn't open in "compatibility mode" anymore. On my work computer, the only thing I can do is manually change the extension to .doc., which allows me to open the document. I need to make these documents accessible on my work computer. Since there are several thousand documents, it's too much work to open each one, convert, and save, using my mac. Automator for mac doesn't have any option on how to save the word document without "compatibility mode."
Answer
Compatibility mode simply means that the files are not saved in the native mode of the application. If the files will open normally when you change the filename to doc from docx, it suggests that the 'converter' has not saved them to docx format but has simply renamed them. You can easily confirm this by changing the filename from docx to zip and if you can then open the zip to reveal the XML structure, the file has been converted. If you can't then it has simply been renamed. That being the case you need to establish what the mac converter is actually doing and change it to do what you really require.
I may be mistaken, but thought that DOC format on the Mac was compatible with DOC format on the PC? In which case why bother converting? Open them as DOC on the PC.
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