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Default 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.

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On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote:
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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