Word 97 (.doc) → Word (.docx)

Pro Rescuing a script out of Word 97 (DOC) (.doc) is the Pro part — from there it converts to Word DOCX (.docx) and every other format on the site. The button below opens the converter with the output format already selected, and the server checks your plan when the file is dropped in.

Run this conversion

Convert Word 97 (.doc) → Word (.docx)

Opens the homepage converter with Word DOCX already selected as the output — drop your file, press Convert Script.

What survives this conversion

styled paragraphs carrying screenplay element structure
bold, italic and underline runs
three decades of legacy scripts written before .docx existed

What can be lost

screenplay fidelity depends on styles being used as intended
tables and complex layout are not converted on the free tier

Every conversion includes an honest report listing anything that could not translate — you see it before downloading.

How this pair works

Your Word 97 (DOC) file is parsed into a canonical screenplay model (by verified content, not just the file extension), then rendered as Word DOCX. Word DOCX background: DOCX is the Office Open XML format standardized by Ecma International in December 2006 and shipped as Word’s default from 2007; screenwriters have used Word templates for decades, and many legacy scripts live only as .doc or .docx.