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DOCX is a file extension of the Office Open XML (OOXML) document format. OOXML documents are zipped, XML-based file formats developed by Microsoft for representing a variety of office suite types of documents.

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How do I see the XML of my DOCX document?

I want to see my .docx in its pure XML format. Various application like internet browsers and visual studio will open the file up in Word for me. I've also tried renaming the document to .xml extension and it just opens up in notepad showing a bunch…
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Why are PDFs generated from MS Word so large?

I created a simple MS Word document containing just this sentence: This is a small document. Nothing else. Then I've saved this document as DOCX and a PDF. Here are the file sizes: DOCX: 12 kB PDF: 89 kB This difference is huge, technically, and…
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How can I unlock a Microsoft .docx document?

I have a Microsoft .docx document that is locked down and can't even be viewed without the forgotten password. I'm wondering if there is an easy way to unlock it or get the computer to remember the password itself with a hint or something.
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re-zipped docx files don't open in Word

I've had success unzipping and examining the interior of a .docx file, but I can't seem to get the re-zipping to work properly. I've tried no compression (command line: zip -0r ...), the archive utility, and a 7zip plugin but none of that works. All…
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What are the end bytes of *.docx file format

I have a hard disk that was formatted and reinstalled its OS. The problem is, it wasn't booting before formatting and the data backup that I've made before formatting, for some reason, don't have all the files. There are Microsoft Word *.docx files…
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Configure Google Chrome to open .docx files in Microsoft Word instead of just downloading them

When I click on a .docx attachment, Chrome just downloads it. I want it to launch Microsoft Word to open it. How do I change this?
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How to convert or repackage a folder back into docx

I have uncompressed a docx file (say file.docx) using 7zip to file/. (or alternatively, changed extension to .zip then extracted it) I modified some images inside file\word\media\ and now i want to recompile/rebundle/repackage the folder into a docx…
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How to count the number of review comments from a specific author in Word?

I have a large MS Word document with a high number of review comments (track changes feature). I'd now like to get a list of authors and the number of review comments. The number of authors is not too long, so if I can get the information for one…
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Identifying .doc/.docx files that contain images

I'm moving my notes to evernote. To this end I need to convert .doc/.docx files to rtf. The reason for this is that I have a script to import rtf into evernote. However, some of my .doc/.docx files contain images. Is there any way to identify which…
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What does X denotes in ASPX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX etc?

Previously there were ASP, DOC, XLS, PPT etc and now ASPX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX respectively. What does X denotes in ASPX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX etc?
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Which doc format should I use in LibreOffice if other users open it in MS Office

I often share documents with colleagues. I use LibreOffice (and OpenOffice). But my colleagues use Microsoft Office. My documents always look differently when opened in MS Office (.doc and .odt format). Converting them to pdf is not an option as the…
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Internet Explorer does not open docx files, saves them as zip

I have several docx documents on an Intranet for my work, but IE8 refuses to open them, instead only saving them as a zip (filename_docx.zip). This seems to be only an IE8 problem as both FF and Chrome open the documents just fine. Unfortunately as…
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DOCX to PDF conversion loses hyperlinks on Mac OS X

I have a DOCX file that I'm trying to export from Word to PDF, but any way I try this, the hyperlinks stop working. Both the native PDF "Save As.." option and Print → "Save as Adobe PDF..." that comes with Acrobat Pro, all lose hyperlinks. How can…
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Creating Text Style with Colors using Pandoc to Docx Converter

I am creating a simple Word document (*.docx) using Pandoc. My input text file is fairly straight forward. I would like to create text with Red/Yellow/Green highlight. I am aware of creating a custom reference document and using that in Pandoc. In…
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How to decompress and compress .odt and .docx?

I have a LibreOffice text document that I need to decompress to edit some of the meta files, and after that I need to rebuild the text document. I can decompress it with 7zip, but after that I'm not able to build the text document again from the…
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