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Some older versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office (2000, XP and 2003) are able to read and write docx files after installation of the free compatibility pack provided by Microsoft, [17] but some items such as equations are converted into images that cannot be edited. [18]
Some older versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office are able to read and write .docx files after installation of the free compatibility pack provided by Microsoft, [36] although some items, such as equations, are converted into images that cannot be edited. [37]
Office Open XML uses distinctly named elements for each compatibility setting, each of which is declared in the schema. The repertoire of settings is thus limited — for new compatibility settings to be added, new elements may need to be declared, "potentially creating thousands of them, each having nothing to do with interoperability". [28]
The Office Open XML format (OOXML), is an open and free document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents such as text documents (including memos, reports, and books), spreadsheets, charts, and presentations.
(.docx,.xlsx...) ISO/IEC 29500 strict [ac] Microsoft XML (.docx,.xlsx...) [ad] [31] Portable Document Format (.pdf) ISO 32000 [ae] Ability Office: Yes Yes No Yes Export Apache OpenOffice: Yes Native format No Import Yes with plugin Calligra Suite: Import Native format No Import Export [af] Collabora Online: Yes Native format Yes [ag] Yes Yes
.docx – Word document.docm – Word macro-enabled document; same as docx, but may contain macros and scripts.dotx – Word template.dotm – Word macro-enabled template; same as dotx, but may contain macros and scripts; Other formats.pdf – PDF documents.wll – Word add-in.wwl – Word add-in
Alternatively, Microsoft has made available a free add-on known as the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that lets Office open, edit, and save documents created under the newer 2007 format. [ 44 ] Office Open XML is based on XML and uses the ZIP file container.
Besides differences in the schema, there are several other differences between the earlier Office XML schema formats and Office Open XML. Whereas the data in Office Open XML documents is stored in multiple parts and compressed in a ZIP file conforming to the Open Packaging Conventions, Microsoft Office XML formats are stored as plain single monolithic XML files (making them quite large ...