Docx ?

paulallard · Newbie Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 1

Is it possible to open docx documents produced in Office 2007 ?
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Paul Allard

9point9 · Moderator Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 3875 Location: UK

Not yet, possibly never if it's incompatible with the GPL and also it's not likely to become an ISO standard as it's in contradiction to many other ISO standards, like, say, the Gregorian calender.

Please search the forum, this has been discussed before:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=52248&highlight=
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=51925&highlight=
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=45413&highlight=
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=49667&highlight=
...and many, many more.
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OOo 3.2.0

OOoSVN, change control for OOo documents:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooosvn/

THA_icarus · General User Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 6

I have a solution and it's free

Download Word vriewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e24c87-8732-48d5-8689-ab826e7b8fdf&DisplayLang=en

Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&DisplayLang=en

Now u can view the .xdoc

no editing

I don't know how I did this but if I right click the xdoc file I get in the open with menu microsoft open xml converter
Then it opens in OpenOffice then I can save as a normal doc file.

Maby its the XML vierwer that dit the trick:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=19676b18-1bcd-4852-93ba-0b5a203ea731&DisplayLang=en

ftack · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:49 am Post subject:

The problem with your "free" solution is that it requires you to use operating systems that are not free. Thus, this solution in reality is not a free solution. Linux users are excluded.

the best we can do, until (and if) the docx format gets accepted as both a standard *and* a free format, is to refuse opening docx documents. Send it back to the sender and tell that you cannot read the format using available tools of your choice.

athegn · Power User Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 97

I am trying to convert a *docx file.

I have downloaded the Word Viewer and can open the file in that; now able to print or read.

However, even though I downloaded and installed both the converter and the XML viewer I cannot convert the file to plain *.doc

Right clicking on the file shows open with Word Viewer and Word Converter but whereas Viewer opens the file Converter does nothing.

Can anyone please tell me how to convert.

huwg · Super User Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 890

Instructions here:
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/office-compatibility-pack-review.html

athegn · Power User Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 97

Huwg

Thank you.

Document now converted

flaxthejute · General User Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 46

The version of OO.o at http://go-oo.org allows you to open docx files.

Flax

AndrewZ · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: