Skip to main content
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id : 7JOUaeb39mE0vXyrPraMnX
Power Automate - Building Flows
Unanswered

I am trying to convert .doc files to .docx.

Like (1) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on 17 Aug 2022 11:10:04 by 4

I am trying to convert .doc to .docx.
I followed steps through this link: How to batch convert XLS to XLSX, DOC to DOCX, PPT to PPTX in Power Automate and Azure Logic Apps — Plumsail Documents
The last step was to create a file to store the converted files.
However, this created new file, which is not I needed. This way, i will have to manually unlink and link .docx files.
This wont help me when I have more than 100 pages nor even less, its time consuing.

I want to convert the file to .docx directly by replacing .doc files. That way link wont get broken.
Is there any way to achieve this? 

  • Rhiassuring Profile Picture
    8,688 Moderator on 22 Aug 2022 at 04:51:27
    Re: I am trying to convert .doc files to .docx.

    All of your links inside the file, and inside of all other files towards that file, are to YourFileName.doc, right?

    And you want to change your file to a .docx, right? Meaning, it has to become YourFileName.docx. 

    So, no, you will have to "Save As" or Convert. You will have two - a doc, and a docx. They are different file types, with different letters. 

     Even though from our perspective it's just adding one letter to an extension - an x -  a lot of things are actually in happening inside of the file's code during that transition!

     

    A DOC is binary, and a DOCX is actually a zip with a bunch of XML in it. 

  • rebornashwin Profile Picture
    4 on 19 Aug 2022 at 04:33:10
    Re: I am trying to convert .doc files to .docx.

    Thank you @Rhiassuring. Is there a way to just replace the extension without creating a new file, so that the links remain static. 

  • Rhiassuring Profile Picture
    8,688 Moderator on 17 Aug 2022 at 19:28:30
    Re: I am trying to convert .doc files to .docx.

    The link is going to break regardless since you will have to change the extension to docx and all the old links will go to doc.

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Announcing our 2025 Season 2 Super Users!

A new season of Super Users has arrived, and we are so grateful for…

Paul Stork – Community Spotlight

We are honored to recognize Paul Stork as our July 2025 Community…

Congratulations to the June Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Automate

#1
Tomac Profile Picture

Tomac 986 Moderator

#2
stampcoin Profile Picture

stampcoin 699 Super User 2025 Season 2

#3
Riyaz_riz11 Profile Picture

Riyaz_riz11 577 Super User 2025 Season 2