Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"
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From: Robert Macy on 30 Mar 2010 14:10 On Mar 30, 5:45 am, "sheana" <she...(a)nospam.invalid> 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" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message > > news:c2b593c5-22bf-4cd0-9b78-3ab92cceb733(a)z35g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Mar 29, 4:32 am, "Yves Dhondt" <yves.dho...(a)gmail.com> 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" <she...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > > >>news:B4079CBA-DDD9-4BDA-91B4-D18519902B4D(a)microsoft.com... > > >> > 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.
From: Herb Tyson [MVP] on 30 Mar 2010 15:39 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/products/HA101686761033.aspx -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:A94BB809-61EF-47C2-BB9B-C70E1B0956E7(a)microsoft.com... > 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" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message > news:c2b593c5-22bf-4cd0-9b78-3ab92cceb733(a)z35g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... >> On Mar 29, 4:32 am, "Yves Dhondt" <yves.dho...(a)gmail.com> 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" <she...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >>> >>> news:B4079CBA-DDD9-4BDA-91B4-D18519902B4D(a)microsoft.com... >>> >>> >>> >>> > 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 >
From: Jeff on 31 Mar 2010 19:27 On 3/29/2010 7:32 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" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:B4079CBA-DDD9-4BDA-91B4-D18519902B4D(a)microsoft.com... >> 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. > 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
From: Graham Mayor on 1 Apr 2010 02:26 <Jeff(a)nospam.fake> wrote in message news:en3Z%23mS0KHA.3708(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> > 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 <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
From: Jeff on 1 Apr 2010 08:59 On 4/1/2010 2:26 AM, Graham Mayor wrote: > <Jeff(a)nospam.fake> wrote in message > news:en3Z%23mS0KHA.3708(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> >> 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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