Convert Word Mail Merge documents from 2003 to 2010 format

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I need to convert about 100 mail merge documents from 2003 to 2010 format(.doc to .docx).

The trouble I am having is that in order to convert the documents I need to open them. But some of them won't open because I don't have the correct header files/ any data in the files.

Is there a way I can convert these documents to the new format without opening them?

Note: The converter provided by microsoft fails. Also it doesn't matter how. If there's a program or code that can accomplish this then it is helpful.

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The trouble I am having is that in order to convert the documents I need to open them. But some of them won't open because I don't have the correct header files/ any data in the files. This seems like it would be a problem. Why do you need to convert files that do not have any data in them? – Security Hound
These template files are used by another program which fills a temp file with data(amanda.txt) and uses that data to populate the template. Basically I dont want to have to go generate a document then change the template for each one(since the data can be different). Found this out after I asked the question and it looks like the only solution at the moment. – Gage

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You can try npoi project.

Hope this helps.