Disable Word 97–2003 Document Scanning

Solution: Use the DisableBinaryFileScan parameter with the Set-SPWordConversionServiceApplication cmdlet.

DisableBinaryFileScan is a switch parameter. By default, it is false, and Word Services performs additional checks on legacy Word documents (Word 97–2003). If you trust all sources of Word documents, you can disable this additional scanning by using Set-SPWordConversionServiceApplication with the DisableBinaryFileScan switch parameter, as shown in Listing 25.9.

Listing 25.9. Disabling the Scanning of Word 97–2003 Documents

Set-SPWordConversionServiceApplication
-Identity "Word Automation Services" -DisableBinaryFileScan

As long as all sources are trusted, it is a good idea to disable scanning to improve performance of Word Services against those documents. To enable scanning, use the same parameter with a $false value, as shown in Listing 25.10.

Listing 25.10. Enabling the Scanning of Word 97–2003 Documents

Set-SPWordConversionServiceApplication
-Identity "Word Automation Services" -DisableBinaryFileScan:$false