OldWordFileFormatException when converting Word 6 and Word 95 files to PDF

Q: We are using Qoppa’s jWordConvert for converting Microsoft Word documents to Adobe PDF. We are getting the below exception for the documents with a version less than or equal to 95. Can jWordConvert convert older Word documents?

com.qoppa.org.apache.poi.hwpf.OldWordFileFormatException: The document is too old - Word 95 or older. Try HWPFOldDocument instead?
      at com.qoppa.org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument.<init>(Unknown Source)
      at com.qoppa.org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument.<init>(Unknown Source)
      at com.qoppa.k.d.h.<init>(Unknown Source)

A: jWordConvert can only convert the following Word formats to PDF

  • Microsoft Word 97-2003 (.doc)
  • Microsoft Word 2007-10 (.docx)

jWordConvert does not provide support for converting older files (Word 6 & Word 95).