FileConvert

Document converter

DOCX to DOC Converter

Turn DOCX files into DOC without installing anything. The target format on this page is already set to DOC, so a single file or a whole folder is one press of Convert away.

  • Whole batches at once
  • Quality you control
  • Removed once it is done

DOCX DOC

or drop files here

Files travel over TLS and are deleted from the server as soon as the conversion finishes.

DOCX and DOC: what actually changes

DOCX is the Office Open XML word processing format — a zipped bundle of XML. DOC is the legacy binary Word format, superseded by DOCX in 2007.

The conversion runs through pandoc and LibreOffice, which parse the DOCX into a document tree and write it back out as DOC rather than doing anything textual or approximate. The DOC you get back keeps text, styles and embedded images, and gives up fidelity in anything but Word itself. Heavily designed, multi-column pages are where every converter struggles, so give those a look afterwards.

How it goes3 steps

  1. Add your DOCX files
    Drop them onto the box above or click Select File. Add as many .docx files as you like — the whole batch converts in one go, and duplicates are ignored.
  2. Confirm DOC as the output
    DOC is already selected as the target format on this page. Tweak the options if you need something other than a straight DOC file.
  3. Download your DOC
    Hit Convert and grab the finished DOC files individually or as a single ZIP. Everything is deleted from the server once you have them.

Format facts

What each side of this conversion is good at, so you know what you are trading away.

Source .docx

DOCX

The Office Open XML word processing format — a zipped bundle of XML.

Compression
Lossless
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Styles, headings, tables, tracked changes and comments
Gives up
Pixel-exact page breaks, which reflow with the reader's fonts

Result .doc

DOC

The legacy binary Word format, superseded by DOCX in 2007.

Compression
Lossless
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Text, styles and embedded images
Gives up
Fidelity in anything but Word itself

Send DOCX somewhere else

Every other format a DOCX file can leave as.

From .docx 10 targets

odt rtf txt tex html md adoc pdf epub fb2

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