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September 17th, 2009, 05:43 PM
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DOC vs. RTF format
Hello, I would like to know what the difference is between .doc, .docx, and RTF formats. Are they not all three developed by Microsoft? Is RTF just an older version of the .doc format which in turn is nothing more than an older version of the .docx format? Thanks, John Goche 
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September 17th, 2009, 07:18 PM
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DOC vs. RTF format
You are correct about doc and docx. But RTF is a universal format and most
(if not all) word processors should be able to save and open an RTF document. Docx and docm (when there are macros attached) are new formats that are really a collection of xml component files all zipped up and assigned the dotx(m) extension. This was introduced with Office 2007. If you rename them to .zip, you can unzip them and see all the xml component files. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "John Goche" wrote in message ... Hello, I would like to know what the difference is between .doc, .docx, and RTF formats. Are they not all three developed by Microsoft? Is RTF just an older version of the .doc format which in turn is nothing more than an older version of the .docx format? Thanks, John Goche
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