Meaning of extension ".docx" in MS Word 2007"

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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

I have not yet come across it but yes that sounds like what I heard.
Sounds like it would be a problem.

The web page shows how to address it.

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

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

There is no XML code saved with the document. What is saved is a reference
to the document template. If the document template is 'Normal' then there
should not be an issue. If the document template is a Word 2007 format
template other than normal, then you will see the issue described in the
link. The answer is to either base your shared documents on the normal
template or on a DOT format template.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



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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

I have added a few further notes of clarification to my web page
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



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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

On 4/1/2010 10:27 AM, Graham Mayor wrote:
I have added a few further notes of clarification to my web page
http://www.gmayor.com/Problems_opening_2007_docs.htm.

Thank you. Very helpful.

Jeff