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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
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I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
docx denotes that the file is in Word 2007 file format; docm denotes that
the file is in Word 2007 format and that it contains macros. A docx format file cannot contain macros. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "sheana" wrote in message ... Hi, I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
It's a new file format. ".docx" files are basically zip archives (you can
change .docx to .zip and open the files in Windows) containing a bunch of xml files. The advantage of the ".docx" format is that it implements the 'open xml' standard (both ECMA and ISO certified). This is important as governments world wide are starting to ask for open standards for documents. The new format also has some advantages for programmers: they make it much easier to create and manipulate Office documents without user interaction. Also, as ".docx" files are actually zip archives, they tend to require less disk space. As it is a new format, older versions of Word are not automatically capable of handling the newer files. To solve this issue, Microsoft released a compatibility pack so that the new file formats can be used by older products. However, there are still a lot of people out there who use Word 2003 or earlier and who haven't installed the pack. So if you frequently exchange files with people using Word 2003 or earlier, you might want to consider saving your documents in the old ".doc" format. If not, ".docx" is the way to go. Yves "sheana" wrote in message ... Hi, I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. |
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On Mar 29, 4:32*am, "Yves Dhondt" wrote:
It's a new file format. ".docx" files are basically zip archives (you can change .docx to .zip and open the files in Windows) containing a bunch of xml files. The advantage of the ".docx" format is that it implements the 'open xml' standard (both ECMA and ISO certified). This is important as governments world wide are starting to ask for open standards for documents. The new format also has some advantages for programmers: they make it much easier to create and manipulate Office documents without user interaction. Also, as ".docx" files are actually zip archives, they tend to require less disk space. As it is a new format, older versions of Word are not automatically capable of handling the newer files. To solve this issue, Microsoft released a compatibility pack so that the new file formats can be used by older products. However, there are still a lot of people out there who use Word 2003 or earlier and who haven't installed the pack. So if you frequently exchange files with people using Word 2003 or earlier, you might want to consider saving your documents in the old ".doc" format. If not, ".docx" is the way to go. Yves "sheana" wrote in message ... Hi, I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. this works also: Program Name: NW Docx File Converter (Docx2Rtf) Author: Jack Lewis - NativeWinds Creation: 2007-10-03 Updated: 2009-06-04 Version: 3.8 Freeware Description: A program to convert Word 2007 Docx and Dotx, OpenOffice Sxw and Odt files to the universal rtf format without needing MS Office 2007 or OpenOffice installed. Docx2Rtf can also open, view and print - pdf, html, rtf, txt files and now even PalmOS Database Documents (*.pdb) and Aportis (*.prc) files are supported. and google provides free conversion for docx to doc and xlsx to xls files |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
Can you tell me what I have to do to have Google provide file conversion for
..docx to .doc? Or does it do this automatically? Thanks in advance. "Robert Macy" wrote in message ... On Mar 29, 4:32 am, "Yves Dhondt" wrote: It's a new file format. ".docx" files are basically zip archives (you can change .docx to .zip and open the files in Windows) containing a bunch of xml files. The advantage of the ".docx" format is that it implements the 'open xml' standard (both ECMA and ISO certified). This is important as governments world wide are starting to ask for open standards for documents. The new format also has some advantages for programmers: they make it much easier to create and manipulate Office documents without user interaction. Also, as ".docx" files are actually zip archives, they tend to require less disk space. As it is a new format, older versions of Word are not automatically capable of handling the newer files. To solve this issue, Microsoft released a compatibility pack so that the new file formats can be used by older products. However, there are still a lot of people out there who use Word 2003 or earlier and who haven't installed the pack. So if you frequently exchange files with people using Word 2003 or earlier, you might want to consider saving your documents in the old ".doc" format. If not, ".docx" is the way to go. Yves "sheana" wrote in message ... Hi, I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. this works also: Program Name: NW Docx File Converter (Docx2Rtf) Author: Jack Lewis - NativeWinds Creation: 2007-10-03 Updated: 2009-06-04 Version: 3.8 Freeware Description: A program to convert Word 2007 Docx and Dotx, OpenOffice Sxw and Odt files to the universal rtf format without needing MS Office 2007 or OpenOffice installed. Docx2Rtf can also open, view and print - pdf, html, rtf, txt files and now even PalmOS Database Documents (*.pdb) and Aportis (*.prc) files are supported. and google provides free conversion for docx to doc and xlsx to xls files |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
On Mar 30, 5:45*am, "sheana" wrote:
Can you tell me what I have to do to have Google provide file conversion for .docx to .doc? *Or does it do this automatically? Thanks in advance. "Robert Macy" wrote in message ... On Mar 29, 4:32 am, "Yves Dhondt" wrote: It's a new file format. ".docx" files are basically zip archives (you can change .docx to .zip and open the files in Windows) containing a bunch of xml files. The advantage of the ".docx" format is that it implements the 'open xml' standard (both ECMA and ISO certified). This is important as governments world wide are starting to ask for open standards for documents. The new format also has some advantages for programmers: they make it much easier to create and manipulate Office documents without user interaction. Also, as ".docx" files are actually zip archives, they tend to require less disk space. As it is a new format, older versions of Word are not automatically capable of handling the newer files. To solve this issue, Microsoft released a compatibility pack so that the new file formats can be used by older products. However, there are still a lot of people out there who use Word 2003 or earlier and who haven't installed the pack. So if you frequently exchange files with people using Word 2003 or earlier, you might want to consider saving your documents in the old ".doc" format. If not, ".docx" is the way to go. Yves "sheana" wrote in message ... Hi, I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. this works also: Program Name: * NW Docx File Converter (Docx2Rtf) Author: * * * * Jack Lewis - NativeWinds Creation: * * * 2007-10-03 Updated: * * * *2009-06-04 Version: * * * *3.8 Freeware Description: * *A program to convert Word 2007 Docx and Dotx, OpenOffice Sxw and Odt files * * * * * * * *to the universal rtf *format without needing MS Office 2007 or OpenOffice * * * * * * * *installed. Docx2Rtf can also open, view and print - pdf, html, rtf, txt files and now * * * * * * * *even PalmOS Database Documents (*.pdb) and Aportis (*.prc) files are supported. and google provides free conversion for docx to doc and xlsx to xls files here is an online service http://www.docx2doc.com/convert/docx-to-doc I can't find the google URL where I did several conversions. Looked everywhere, too, even did a search for online coverters using google and no reference to google came up. |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
If you have Word 2007, just click the Office button, then Save As, and set
the type to Word 97-2003. If you have Word 2003 (I think Word 2000 and 2002, too), you can use the free Office 2007 Compatibility Pack: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "sheana" wrote in message ... Can you tell me what I have to do to have Google provide file conversion for .docx to .doc? Or does it do this automatically? Thanks in advance. "Robert Macy" wrote in message ... On Mar 29, 4:32 am, "Yves Dhondt" wrote: It's a new file format. ".docx" files are basically zip archives (you can change .docx to .zip and open the files in Windows) containing a bunch of xml files. The advantage of the ".docx" format is that it implements the 'open xml' standard (both ECMA and ISO certified). This is important as governments world wide are starting to ask for open standards for documents. The new format also has some advantages for programmers: they make it much easier to create and manipulate Office documents without user interaction. Also, as ".docx" files are actually zip archives, they tend to require less disk space. As it is a new format, older versions of Word are not automatically capable of handling the newer files. To solve this issue, Microsoft released a compatibility pack so that the new file formats can be used by older products. However, there are still a lot of people out there who use Word 2003 or earlier and who haven't installed the pack. So if you frequently exchange files with people using Word 2003 or earlier, you might want to consider saving your documents in the old ".doc" format. If not, ".docx" is the way to go. Yves "sheana" wrote in message ... Hi, I have MS Word 2007 and Windows 7. Can you tell me what the extension ".docx" means when I save a document? I always saw only the ".doc" extension in previous versions. Thanks in advance. this works also: Program Name: NW Docx File Converter (Docx2Rtf) Author: Jack Lewis - NativeWinds Creation: 2007-10-03 Updated: 2009-06-04 Version: 3.8 Freeware Description: A program to convert Word 2007 Docx and Dotx, OpenOffice Sxw and Odt files to the universal rtf format without needing MS Office 2007 or OpenOffice installed. Docx2Rtf can also open, view and print - pdf, html, rtf, txt files and now even PalmOS Database Documents (*.pdb) and Aportis (*.prc) files are supported. and google provides free conversion for docx to doc and xlsx to xls files |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
wrote in message
... Although I have not yet encountered the problem (my Word 2007 is too new) I have read that the Doc form (Word 97-2003) created by Word 2007 is not a pure Word 97-2003 doc and sometimes can still not be opened by an earlier Word. The recommended work-around has suggested is to save as rtf in those cases. Has there been a solution for this? Jeff The problem you describe is probably that at http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote:
wrote in message ... Although I have not yet encountered the problem (my Word 2007 is too new) I have read that the Doc form (Word 97-2003) created by Word 2007 is not a pure Word 97-2003 doc and sometimes can still not be opened by an earlier Word. The recommended work-around has suggested is to save as rtf in those cases. Has there been a solution for this? Jeff The problem you describe is probably that at http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm I have not yet come across it but yes that sounds like what I heard. Sounds like it would be a problem. |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
wrote in message ... On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote: wrote in message ... Although I have not yet encountered the problem (my Word 2007 is too new) I have read that the Doc form (Word 97-2003) created by Word 2007 is not a pure Word 97-2003 doc and sometimes can still not be opened by an earlier Word. The recommended work-around has suggested is to save as rtf in those cases. Has there been a solution for this? Jeff The problem you describe is probably that at http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm I have not yet come across it but yes that sounds like what I heard. Sounds like it would be a problem. The web page shows how to address it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote:
wrote in message ... Although I have not yet encountered the problem (my Word 2007 is too new) I have read that the Doc form (Word 97-2003) created by Word 2007 is not a pure Word 97-2003 doc and sometimes can still not be opened by an earlier Word. The recommended work-around has suggested is to save as rtf in those cases. Has there been a solution for this? Jeff The problem you describe is probably that at http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm Now that I think further about it, I believe what I heard is not about opening Docx files in earlier Word versions, but in opening files saved as "Word 95-2003 files" (by Word 2007) having trouble in earlier Word versions. It seems that these Word 95-2003 doc files produced by Word 2007 still contain some xml code that can cause problems. As I said I have not encountered the problem myself but am concerned and trying to avoid problems since I send a lot of Word files to various people who do not have Word 2007 and am trying to figure out the best way to do it. Jeff |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
There is no XML code saved with the document. What is saved is a reference
to the document template. If the document template is 'Normal' then there should not be an issue. If the document template is a Word 2007 format template other than normal, then you will see the issue described in the link. The answer is to either base your shared documents on the normal template or on a DOT format template. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote: wrote in message ... Although I have not yet encountered the problem (my Word 2007 is too new) I have read that the Doc form (Word 97-2003) created by Word 2007 is not a pure Word 97-2003 doc and sometimes can still not be opened by an earlier Word. The recommended work-around has suggested is to save as rtf in those cases. Has there been a solution for this? Jeff The problem you describe is probably that at http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm Now that I think further about it, I believe what I heard is not about opening Docx files in earlier Word versions, but in opening files saved as "Word 95-2003 files" (by Word 2007) having trouble in earlier Word versions. It seems that these Word 95-2003 doc files produced by Word 2007 still contain some xml code that can cause problems. As I said I have not encountered the problem myself but am concerned and trying to avoid problems since I send a lot of Word files to various people who do not have Word 2007 and am trying to figure out the best way to do it. Jeff |
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Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
I have added a few further notes of clarification to my web page
http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote: wrote in message ... Although I have not yet encountered the problem (my Word 2007 is too new) I have read that the Doc form (Word 97-2003) created by Word 2007 is not a pure Word 97-2003 doc and sometimes can still not be opened by an earlier Word. The recommended work-around has suggested is to save as rtf in those cases. Has there been a solution for this? Jeff The problem you describe is probably that at http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm Now that I think further about it, I believe what I heard is not about opening Docx files in earlier Word versions, but in opening files saved as "Word 95-2003 files" (by Word 2007) having trouble in earlier Word versions. It seems that these Word 95-2003 doc files produced by Word 2007 still contain some xml code that can cause problems. As I said I have not encountered the problem myself but am concerned and trying to avoid problems since I send a lot of Word files to various people who do not have Word 2007 and am trying to figure out the best way to do it. Jeff |
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On 4/1/2010 10:27 AM, Graham Mayor wrote:
I have added a few further notes of clarification to my web page http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm. Thank you. Very helpful. Jeff |
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