What the heck is a 'docx' file??

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Dave J.

Geek update: Got an email this morning with an attachment titled ‘letter.docx’.

DOCX??? What the heck is that?

Ahh, its the latest file format from Microsoft’s Office 2007. It’s all XML and everything, supposedly. (Well this geek doesn’t really understand XML as a tool for everyday text files. Isn’t XML supposed to expand compatibility, too? But I’m leaving that off my radar.)

The fix? You can get a add-on to earlier Office versions here:

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Or use an online conversion service like Zamzar.

Reminds me of when Office 97 came out and there was much trouble with compatibility. Back then we were sending email quotes in Word format, which made it an everyday issue.

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  • Mickey

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