word documents

what does it mean to create a word document in docx? How is it different
from doc. and how are they different?
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bocaguy

"bocaguy" <> wrote in message
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> what does it mean to create a word document in docx? How is it different
> from doc. and how are they different?
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> bocaguy

DOCX is the default extension of a Word document created in Word 2007. It
is a zipped file comprising of a number of files that are effectively an XML
representation of the document authored.
This is not a Vista issue - read more about DOCX on the Microsoft web site.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms406049.aspx
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Mike Brannigan

bocaguy;528088 Wrote:
> what does it mean to create a word document in docx? How is it different
> from doc. and how are they different?
> --
> bocaguy

Office 2007 saves files in new XML-based formats. Word uses the .docx
and .docm extensions. Docx files do not support macros, while docm files
are macro-enabled. This is to cut down on the number of viruses aimed at
Word documents.

Excel uses the .xlsx and .xlsm extensions, and PowerPoint uses the
..pptx and .pptm extensions. Access has also changed its file format to
an XML-based format, using the .accdb extension.

The new formats are not backward-compatible. Therefore, people using
any older versions of Office will not be able to open files saved in the
new formats. Since it will be some time before a majority of users have
Office 2007, save files in the old formats if you intend to distribute
them to other users, or ensure that they have installed the Microsoft
Office Compatibility Pack, which allows older versions of Office to open
(but not create) the new format files.


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bocaguy wrote:
> what does it mean to create a word document in docx? How is it different
> from doc. and how are they different?

Docx files are in the new open office XML format. This formatted is
natively supported by MS Word 2007, with downloads available for Word
2003 to be able to open/save docx files. Microsoft also has a free Word
viewer available that can be used to read docx (as well as the older
doc) files.

To download the docx converter for Word 2003 see the following:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-c6bb74cd1466

Free word viewer to open/read docx files can be downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C-F4F827F20CAC
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"bocaguy" <> wrote in message
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> what does it mean to create a word document in docx? How is it different
> from doc. and how are they different?
> --
> bocaguy