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 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Trouble Importing WORD documents](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-importing-word-documents/)
 *  [corbinl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corbinl/)
 * (@corbinl)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-importing-word-documents/#post-691396)
 * To GeoffreyKing:
 * There is one tool out there that pastes *doc and *.odt files into web pages of
   any type *and* keeps them as xhtml 1.1 strict. The tool is called Sandvox, and
   is available from Karelia.com. It’s Mac only, but does work very well. I have
   used it to copy complex *.doc files from a number of sources into static html
   that has been used in WordPress and non-Wordpress sites.
 * My suggestion? Save your OpenOffice documents in Word 97/2003 format (*.doc) 
   then copy/paste into Sandvox as a text document within your current template.
   Then edit as needed. I have also tested native *.odt pastes, which work also 
   work well, but *.doc comprises the bulk of my testing. From there, the resultant(
   x)html file can be used within WordPress, or as a standard page.
 * Now, the disclaimers:
    - No, I do not represent Karelia in any way.
    - No solution is perfect for Word files, as others have mentioned. However, 
      Sandvox can get you most, if not all of the way there
    - Please take the solution in the spirit in which it is offered, and not as 
      a platform for standard Open Source rhetoric. We all love Open Source and 
      WordPress, which should be a given in this forum. If the solution helps with
      your problem – great. If not, then please reply with what did specifically
      resolve the problem.
 * Best of luck to you!

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