Converting Old Word files in Sharepoint and OneDrive.

Old word documents will show as “.doc” files in OneDrive and Sharepoint.

When opening these old files you will be presented with a read only document. 

Click the highlighted “edit document” button and then choose “edit”

Choose Convert, then “edit” on the next pop-up.

Once you have chosen “edit” this will then open a new document and be saved as a “.docx” in the same location as the original. 

The old “.doc” file is the original and will require converting each time you want to use it.

The new “.docx file is the converted file and can now be used instead of the original.