Convert Microsoft Word old Equations to new format in Word 2013
How can I convert the old Microsoft word equations (version 3) to the new format?
I have an old document file full of equations, and an automatic conversion solution rather than re-typing all equations will be a huge time-saver!
I also tried GrindEq,but word crahes after conversion!
Edit 1: I'm using Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2013 (64-bit) on Win 8.1
Edit 2: I also installed MathType. It supports lots of different formats to convert to, but I could not find Microsoft equation!
Solution 1:
This is a bit lengthy, but it works!
- Download and LibreOffice. It's free. Only the Windows version works, the Mac (OS X) version won't work (I tried it).
- Go into Word and save your file as a .doc (if it's not already in that format)
- Go into LibreOffice, open the .doc file and save it as a .odt file
- Go into Word, open the .odt file and save it as a .docx
This reduced the file size of some of my Word files with lots of equations by 90%