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Method 1 Method 1 of 3: Using Word on Windows

1 Open the DOCX file in Word. Double-click the DOCX file to open it in Microsoft Word.
- You can also right-click the DOCX file, click Open with..., and click Word.
2 Click File. It's in the upper-left side of the Word window. A pop-out menu will appear on the left side of the page.
3 Click Save As. This option is in the middle of the pop-out menu on the left side of the window.
4 Double-click This PC. It's in the middle of the window. A "Save As" window will appear.
5 Enter a new name for the DOC file. Type in whatever you want to name the DOC version of your file.
6 Click the "Save as type" drop-down box. It's near the bottom of the "Save As" window. A drop-down menu will appear.
7 Click Word 97-2003 Document. This option is in the drop-down menu. The Word 97-2003 Document format uses the DOC file extension.
8 Select a save location. On the left side of the window, click the folder in which you want to save your document.
9 Click Save. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so will save a DOC version of your document in the selected save location.

Method 2 Method 2 of 3: Using Word on a Mac

1 Open the DOCX file in Word. In most cases, simply double-clicking the DOCX file will open it in Word.
- You can also click once the DOCX file to select it, click File, select Open With, and then click Word in the pop-out menu.
2 Click File. It's in the upper-left side of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
3 Click Save As…. This option is in the File drop-down menu. Doing so opens the "Save As" window.
4 Enter a new name for the DOC file. Type in whatever you want to call the DOC version of the file.
5 Click the "File Format" drop-down box. It's near the bottom of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.
6 Click Word 97-2004 Document. This option is in the drop-down menu. Doing so selects the DOC file type as your save option.
7 Select a save location. On the left side of the window, click the folder in which you want to save your converted document.
- You may instead need to click the "Where" drop-down box and then select a folder from there.
8 Click Save. It's a blue button in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so will save a DOC version of your document in the selected save location.

Method 3 Method 3 of 3: Using an Online Converter

1 Open the online document converter. Go to https://document.online-convert.com/convert-to-doc in your computer's web browser.
2 Click Choose file. It's a grey button at the top of the page. Doing so opens a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window.
3 Select your DOCX file. Go to the location of the DOCX file that you want to convert, then click once the file to select it.
4 Click Open. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will upload the DOCX file to the conversion site.
5 Scroll down and click Convert file. This option is near the bottom of the page. The site will begin converting your file.
6 Click Download. You'll see this light-green button to the right of your file's name once the conversion completes. Doing so downloads the file onto your computer.
- Depending on your browser's settings, you may have to select a save location or confirm the download before the DOC file will download.

How to Convert Docx to Doc