How Can You Open a DOCX File on a Later Version of Office Word?

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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by dwitt 3234 | permalink
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Install this compatibility pack if you would like to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations that were created in the newer versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Scroll down to see instructions and system requirements.
Tags: Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Office, Compatibility Pack, conversion, converter

For further reading: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx%3Fid%3D3 ^[1]

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How to Open Word Files in Older Versions of Microsoft Office Word More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by davidslufe 02 | permalink
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If you've been accustomed to opening files from newer versions of Microsoft Word in older versions of the software, the error messages you see when you try to open the program's DOCX files in Word ...

For further reading: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/open-word-files-older-versions-microsoft-office-word-61410.html ^[2]

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How to Convert Docx to Doc More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Cathy Cassetta | permalink
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If you're trying to open a DOCX Word file in an older version of Word, you may find that all of the characters are jumbled and replaced. This is because the DOCX format was introduced in Word 2007, and older versions of Word can't read it...
Tags: WikiHow, Convert Docx to Doc, wiki, how to articles, how to instructions, DIY, tips, howto, learn, how do I

For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-Docx-to-Doc ^[3]

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How to read a .docx document? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by David Wild | permalink
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You have received an electronic mail (e-mail) with an attachment in the DOCX format (OpenDocument Microsoft proprietary format) and you do not know how to open it. The following error messages: no program is associated to this file. or Word does not...

For further reading: http://ccm.net/faq/317-how-to-read-a-docx-document ^[4]

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Old vs. new Microsoft Office file formats More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by vikas arora | permalink
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Ankush khandelwal asked about compatibility issues between files created in different versions of Microsoft Office--specifically the big changes in file format that came with Office 2007.

For further reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2019186/answer-line-old-vs-new-microsoft-office-file-formats.html ^[5]

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What's a DOCX File and How Do You Open One? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Redfrogs | permalink
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A DOCX file is a Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format Document file. Learn how to open a .DOCX file or convert a DOCX file to another file format.

For further reading: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/docxfile.htm ^[6]

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Document format support in the new Word apps and Word 2016 More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Tannis Kobrinsky | permalink
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First look at document format support in the new Word apps and Office 2016. OpenDocument still behind compatibility warnings despite Microsoft’s renewed assurances about support for the open standard.

For further reading: https://www.aeyoun.com/article/word-document-formats-office-16tp.html ^[7]

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1. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx%3Fid%3D3

2. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/open-word-files-older-versions-microsoft-office-word-61410.html

3. http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-Docx-to-Doc

4. http://ccm.net/faq/317-how-to-read-a-docx-document

5. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2019186/answer-line-old-vs-new-microsoft-office-file-formats.html

6. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/docxfile.htm

7. https://www.aeyoun.com/article/word-document-formats-office-16tp.html