The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Office Save Files .docx

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by thecommish16, Mar 27, 2008.

  1. thecommish16

    thecommish16 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    23
    Messages:
    485
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    What is this .docx extension on word files? does it cause issues with opening files on Windows PCs?
     
    thecommish16, Mar 27, 2008
    #1
  2. r0k

    r0k Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    104
    Messages:
    406
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    It's another new and improved M$ thing. It's xml (not really) format. If you want to save for office, save as doc and any office version can open it. If you want to save only for office 2007, then use docx. I have a couple of .pages files around and I export them as doc to work with them in a M$ environment. When I use neooffice, it offers docx as a possible format but I avoid it.
     
    r0k, Mar 27, 2008
    #2
  3. thecommish16

    thecommish16 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    23
    Messages:
    485
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    so I save as a regular .doc
     
    thecommish16, Mar 27, 2008
    #3
  4. ltcommander_data

    ltcommander_data Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    408
    Messages:
    1,398
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yes. docx is really only used by Office 2007 and 2008 so it's not very compatible. You can set .doc as default for saves by going to Word>Preferences>Save and changing "Save Word files as:". I don't believe doing this limits any functionality compared to .docx and it is what I do.
     
    ltcommander_data, Mar 27, 2008
    #4
  5. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    685
    Messages:
    2,463
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    .docx is just the latest Word format, if you think you will need to send the file or use it on another older machine, save as a .doc
     
    circa86, Mar 28, 2008
    #5
  6. Jurisprudence

    Jurisprudence Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    347
    Messages:
    446
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I do remember an interview on the web with some member of the Office team trying to explain why docx was gonna be so great and the flowers will grow faster etc etc but at the end of the day it was then and is now a complete load of c**p. All docx does is make you want to top yourself when you get to college and realize the assignment you worked on for 2 weeks wont open in Office 2003. Thats usually the same time as the guy behind you bugging you for the pc gets a flash drive shoved up...well, ya get the point. Avoid docx like the plague.
     
    Jurisprudence, Mar 28, 2008
    #6
  7. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,686
    Messages:
    3,982
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    You are aware that Microsoft provides a free docx to doc converter on their website? So, if you do discover the need to open a docx file on an older version of Office that lacks support, you can simply download the converter instead of inserting stuff up people, however more enjoyable that might be for you.

    Docx has some improvements over doc, such as better compression etc. It also has some bugs, but hopefully those will go away in the future.
     
    Budding, Mar 28, 2008
    #7
  8. thecommish16

    thecommish16 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    23
    Messages:
    485
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    cool, thanks
     
    thecommish16, Mar 28, 2008
    #8
  9. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    3,661
    Messages:
    9,249
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Yeah, don't worry, Docx is also native format on Office 2007 for Windows, so no real compatibility issues.
     
    Sam, Mar 28, 2008
    #9