.docx file extentions

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emmakat

I have a DELL INSPIRON 530, new in Jan. 08, loaded with XP Home and MS Office
2007. New hard drive in July 08. My question is, is there a way to change the
Word document file extention .docx to .doc without saving as a Word 97 to
2003? Any time I have saved as a Word Document, the x has been added. When I
try to upload files to another computer it will not accept them. I have to go
in and rename file .doc and save as Word 97 to 2003. Why did Microsoft change
the file extention? Thank you for your help.
 
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grammatim

..docx is a totally different format from .doc, basically a zip file
(so Word2007 files are much smaller than exactly the same file in
Word2003).

There's no reason the other computer won't "accept" the files; maybe
the user doesn't have Word2007 and can't _open_ .docx files. They can
download the Compatibility Pack from the Microsoft website for free.
 
D

D. Kirkpatrick

grammatim said:
There's no reason the other computer won't "accept" the files; maybe
the user doesn't have Word2007 and can't open .docx files. They can
download the Compatibility Pack from the Microsoft website for free.



I have read elsewhere that some e-mail systems are rejecting the docx
file extensions when attached to an e-mail.

No one seems to know why and they don't know if it is the extension
being read or the content protocol of the document itself.

The only solution has been to zip the files before attaching to e-mail.

It appears that the spam filter or system-wide AV programs at some
colleges are where the greater problems lie.
 
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Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Hello D

D. Kirkpatrick wrote:
[..]
I have read elsewhere that some e-mail systems are rejecting the docx
file extensions when attached to an e-mail.

No one seems to know why and they don't know if it is the extension
being read or the content protocol of the document itself.

The only solution has been to zip the files before attaching to e-mail.

It appears that the spam filter or system-wide AV programs at some
colleges are where the greater problems lie.

yes, I've seen this happen in corporate environments only this past
month: Webfilters not letting any of the new file formats through ("ZIP
rule", which means they are indeed scanning the contents to find this
out, I wager), and Exchange servers blocking the same attachments.

This usually means that somebody didn't do his homework properly IMHO:
filtering out DOCX, XLSX or PPTX is not very sustainable ...

2cents
Robert
 

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