DOCX is the Word document which is the "Microsoft Office Open XML Format Document". This is the new upcoming format for Microsoft Office documents. This extension came with Microsoft Office 2007. It is a combination of XML architecture and ZIP compression for size reduction.
Microsoft introduced the .docx file format in its Office 2007 and wants it to replace the commonly used doc format. Any word document in Office 2007 can be saved as .docx file extension but as .docx extension is latest version, so older version like Office 2000, Office XP, Office 98 are not still aware of the .docx file extension. So these software can't open the .docx file. Though Microsoft promised that .docx file will be compatible to old Microsoft word but they are still their promises.
Now, as many users still using old Microsoft Office so many users can't open the .docx file document. So the main question for these users is of course how they would open a docx file to be able to read and work with it. The answer depends on the platform you are using. Below is some solutions based on platform you are using as well as solution of platform independent.
For Older Version of Microsoft Office:
If you are on windows machine and you have older version of Microsoft Office like Office XP, Office 2000, Office 98 then the best way is to install Microsoft compatibility pack for previous Office versions that adds .docx support in Microsoft Word. You can download the compatibility pack from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx.
If you use Open office Software:
If you use open office software then you can use the Open XML Translator for Open Office to be able to read and edit docx files.
Online Solution:
There are many websites over Internet that do the conversion job and most of them do offer the job for free. You can upload your .docx file in that site and then you will get back .doc document. There are many docx converter sites for it.
A hack way:
This procedure worked perfectly for Microsoft Office 2007 beta version. But if it is not beta then it will not work. Still you can get an idea about the contents inside your .docx file. The idea is as .docx file is the combination of XML architecture and ZIP compression. So first save the .docx file as .zip and then extract it using any extract utility like unzip. If you used beta version then word folder you will get your expected word file. If you don't you can still have an idea to rename big sized .XML to .HTML and open that file in your browser.
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