What do I use to open a .DOCX file?

[ja...@nospam.com]

Someone emailed me a .DOCX file. I'm familiar with .DOC, but I have no
clue what to use to open this DOCX file. I use both Windows98se and XP.
I assume I need to install some software. What do I need to install for
these two operating systems?

Thanks

[gfre...@aol.com]

Microsoft has a plug in for old versions of office and I think 2007
opens it natively.

[philo]

This night work

http://download.cnet.com/DocX-Viewer/3000-18483_4-75179715.html



If you have an older version of MS Word however there is an update that
makes it compatible with docx

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3



Finally you can install Libre Office, it's free (x_86 version)


It works with XP sp3 and above (probably not win98)

[NoName]

Check M$ website they have readers for all there doc.
DOCX is a M$ thing.

[Paul]

There's read (as in Viewer only) or read-edit-write.
You didn't say if you needed to modify and save in
the same format.

Microsoft makes Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewers.
These are free and they're read-only. They show a
visual representation on the screen and also allow you
to print the documents.

Word = .doc
Excel = .xls
PowerPoint = .ppt

Note!!! You must download the first one, in the next six hours.
Support disappears "November 2017". Package sizes are
25,685,128 bytes, 77,738,888 bytes, 63,210,976 bytes, much
larger than I remember. They really should be 25MB each
or less.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=4
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=13

Then, Microsoft made a later format. Each file is a
kind of ZIP file. Using a program like 7ZIP, you can
open the files, and see both XML or image files in
various folders.

For the free viewer collection, there is a "translator"
which converts the following to the old format on-the-fly
and feeds it to the above viewers

New Word = .docx translator --> .doc ---> Viewer ---> screen
New Excel = .xlsx translator --> .xls ---> Viewer ---> screen
New PowerPoint = .pptx translator --> .ppt ---> Viewer ---> screen

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2011-10-25 38,569,824 bytes

http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=27836
https://download.microsoft.com/download/D/2/9/D2906267-82B7-4F8C-B1D8-B24C461A5653/compatibilitypacksp3-kb2526297-fullfile-en-us.exe

Install the three viewers first, then install the compatibility
pack.

Now, if you use this (MBSA 2.3 baseline security analyzer).
it's possible for this to do the equivalent of Microsoft Update
and tell you whether any supporting packages for the
compatibility viewers need to be updated. The program install
is tiny. However, note that the wsusscn2 cab file this
downloads, that's quite a large file (a couple hundred megabytes),
so you don't actually want to run MBSA on dialup. For a
runtime scan, you want to be on broadband.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=7558

When I ran that, a number of years ago, it told me I needed
15 different packages, to fix the security on my viewers.
And that's what happens when you install the viewers and
*never do any maintenance on them*. Now that they're going
out of support, I suppose this no longer matters.

*******

Now, if you want a free read/write application,
which can open any six of the above, you'd want
LibreOffice. At least, until it no longer loads
on WinXP.

LibreOffice will interfere with the operation of the
translator and viewer combo above. So usage of
LibreOffice is an "either/or" situation. Use the
viewer packages and live in a read-only world,
or install LibreOffice and you can read/write.

If you have a strong need to "communicate" with a party
that only works with MS documents, then LibreOffice
might be a good thing to have installed. If you
only need to print off government forms, the viewer
might be good enough.

I also use LibreOffice occasionally, if I need to
pull in a CSV file and sort the lines in it. That's
a usage I've found for it. On some more complicated
tasks, it can be broken here and there. For example,
if you attempt to add an Excel Chart to libreOffice,
they insist on using OpenGL, and making an OpenGL
call to check for "graphics card memory". The
call frequently fails, due to the inability
of the graphics card companies to "repair" the
OpenGL API, every time Microsoft changes something.
The insistence on using OpenGL, while well intentioned,
should have been subsetted so that things like this
did not happen. Windows does support both DirectX and
OpenGL, but if a developer wants to use either of
those, they need to plan their development carefully
for quirks in *both* environments.

Paul

[gfre...@aol.com]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:25:43 -0400, Paul <nos...@needed.invalid>
wrote:

These days you can buy a sealed copy of enterprise office 2007 with
all of the features (power point, excel, publisher and word etc) on
Ebay for about $20. For an XP or even a 7 user that is all you need
for lots of stuff.

[VanguardLH]

ja...@nospam.com wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^
Don't use someone else's domain without their permission.
See: https://www.whois.com/whois/nospam.com

> Someone emailed me a .DOCX file. I'm familiar with .DOC, but I have no
> clue what to use to open this DOCX file.

See: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=docx

> I use both Windows98se and XP. I assume I need to install some
> software. What do I need to install for these two operating systems?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54543

Those list support for Windows XP, not for Windows 9x. Well, open the
file on your Windows XP computer. Since you apparently can open .doc
files (you didn't ask for help on a .doc file), why not tell "someone"
to send you another copy of the document but in .doc format?

[Paul in Houston TX]

Use an online converter. docx >>> doc.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <otat94$vsq$1...@dont-email.me>, Paul <nos...@needed.invalid>
writes:
[]

>Microsoft makes Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewers.
>These are free and they're read-only. They show a
>visual representation on the screen and also allow you
>to print the documents.

I have something (I don't remember what it's called) that allows me to
read .docx in my (2003 IIRR) Word, _and edit_ - not just view and print.
I can't _save_ in .docx, but although in theory there might be features
that get lost by saving as .doc, I've yet to encounter a .docx that
actually uses those features.
[]

>If you have a strong need to "communicate" with a party
>that only works with MS documents, then LibreOffice
>might be a good thing to have installed. If you
>only need to print off government forms, the viewer
>might be good enough.

But you can "communicate" with these people without having to be able to
_write_ .docx - the more modern versions of Word (etc.) can still, so
far, read the older formats such as .doc, so you should be able to
continue to work with them, unless they need to use one of these rare
extra features.

(Depending on your relationship with them, you might even be able to
persuade them to change the default setting in their Word etc.: it can
be set so that it saves as .doc not .docx - if you need a reason, you
could point out that they could interact more easily with a wider array
of people, not just you.)

>
>I also use LibreOffice occasionally, if I need to
>pull in a CSV file and sort the lines in it. That's

(Though of course Excel can do those too; if someone has Word, they've
probably got Excel - or can they still be bought separately?)
[]
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Reality television. It's eroding the ability of good scripted television to
survive. - Patrick Duffy in Radio Times 2-8 February 2013

[gfre...@aol.com]

I had that problem years ago when DOCX first came out and people
thought it was an imposition to send me a DOC, even though virtually
all of their documents would even save as RTF without losing anything.
That is why I found the extension for my old version of Word on the MS
site that handled the DOCX. Later my wife turned up a copy of 2007
basic office that they were not going to use at work and after that I
found the Ebay copies of enterprise office for $20.

[Steve Hayes]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:48:32 -0600, ja...@nospam.com wrote:

LibreOffice will do it.


--
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http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com

[Shadow]

On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 06:30:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
<haye...@telkomsa.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:48:32 -0600, ja...@nospam.com wrote:
>
>>Someone emailed me a .DOCX file. I'm familiar with .DOC, but I have no
>>clue what to use to open this DOCX file. I use both Windows98se and XP.
>>I assume I need to install some software. What do I need to install for
>>these two operating systems?
>
>LibreOffice will do it.

Old versions of OpenOffice worked under win98. Not sure about
LibreOffice.
Hard to find info. Old Version com says win 2000 or higher.
I'd install LibreOffice Portable on the XP machine and save
the document as RTF.
Then use something like Atlantis Nova on the Win98 machine to
view/edit it.

BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version. Wonder why.
[]'s
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We have a new policy - Google 2012

[pyotr filipivich]

ja...@nospam.com on Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:48:32 -0600 typed in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general the following:

Openoffice Writer imports DOCX, DOC that I know, and probably
others. It will also save to DOC, so it was my WP of choice to turn
in homework.

tschus
pyotr

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Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?

[Boris]

ja...@nospam.com wrote in news:snrhvctv86karpdgd...@4ax.com:

Hi,

I use Office 2007 on my XP, Win7, and Win10 machines, except for one Win10
notebook that is an HP-14-ac151nr. It only has 32GB of solid state
storage, and came with a program called WPS Office 10, from Kingsoft which
has a word processor called Writer, a spreadsheet called Spreadsheet, and
a PowerPoint type program called Presentation.

This program handles the newer Microsoft Office file types, such as .docx
and .xls. I've used the spreadsheet and word processor to create files
and also read and edit files transferred from my Office 2007 machines.

Here it is:

http://www.kingsoftstore.com/software/kingsoft-office-freeware

[Bill in Co]

I was going to recommend that too, but it may not support Win98 (check the
requirements section there).

[Steve Hayes]

On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 10:57:25 -0200, Shadow <S...@dow.br> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 06:30:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
><haye...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:48:32 -0600, ja...@nospam.com wrote:
>>
>>>Someone emailed me a .DOCX file. I'm familiar with .DOC, but I have no
>>>clue what to use to open this DOCX file. I use both Windows98se and XP.
>>>I assume I need to install some software. What do I need to install for
>>>these two operating systems?
>>
>>LibreOffice will do it.
>
> Old versions of OpenOffice worked under win98. Not sure about
>LibreOffice.
> Hard to find info. Old Version com says win 2000 or higher.
> I'd install LibreOffice Portable on the XP machine and save
>the document as RTF.

I use LibreOffice on XP to read .docx files. My wife often asks me to
print them, so I open them from LibreOffice and print from there, no
problem.

> BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
>Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version. Wonder why.

Well, I wonder why I won't be upgrading, then?

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <9_mdnfc7J4158WfE...@earthlink.com>, Bill in Co
<surly_cu...@earthlink.net> writes:
>Boris wrote:
[]

>> This program handles the newer Microsoft Office file types, such as .docx
>> and .xls. I've used the spreadsheet and word processor to create files
>> and also read and edit files transferred from my Office 2007 machines.
>>
>> Here it is:
>>
>> http://www.kingsoftstore.com/software/kingsoft-office-freeware
>
>I was going to recommend that too, but it may not support Win98 (check the
>requirements section there).
>
>

Sadly no - though the requirements _are_ refreshingly modest!

System Requirements for WPS Office 10 Free

Required Operating System:
Windows 2000 / Windows XP
Windows Vista (32bit, 64bit)
Windows 7 (32bit, 64bit) Windows8 Windows 10

Basic Configurations:
CPU: Pentium II 266 MHz or higher
Memory: at least 128 MB
Hardware: at least 200 MB available space

Recommended Configurations:
CPU: Pentium III 450 MHz or higher
Memory: 256 MB or larger
Hardware: 250 MB available

And it does appear to be truly free, though the Support tag does have
mentions of the word "trial", which is off-putting.

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I
have one. -Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE)

[Bill in Co]

I have an older version installed on a WinXP laptop and it's not a trial, so
I don't know if that changed. (If so, one could always search for an older
version on the Internet, although admitedly that is oftentimes a pretty
tedious process).

I noticed the requirements omitted Win98 too, and that's why I mentioned it,
but even though it's not listed as such, that doesn't necessarily mean it
won't work on Win98. However, the fact that Win2000 is listed, but not
Win98, isn't too encouraging.

[T]

On 11/01/2017 05:57 AM, Shadow wrote:
> BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
> Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version.

Elucidate please.

What is "resemble Win XP"?

[Shadow]

KDE 3 based DEs, like

https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trinity_Desktop_Environment

Not sure about Gnome 2 (Mate).

BTW, Trinity is available for ALL the main stable Linux
Distros, and still has "nightly builds". These might have a few bugs.
It's what Linux users thrive on.

[T]

On 11/04/2017 11:31 AM, Shadow wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:19:52 -0700, T <T...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 11/01/2017 05:57 AM, Shadow wrote:
>>> BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
>>> Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version.
>>
>> Elucidate please.
>>
>> What is "resemble Win XP"?
>
> KDE 3 based DEs, like
>
> https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trinity_Desktop_Environment
>
> Not sure about Gnome 2 (Mate).
>
> BTW, Trinity is available for ALL the main stable Linux
> Distros, and still has "nightly builds". These might have a few bugs.
> It's what Linux users thrive on.
> []'s
>

Sounds like they are just getting their back up over all the
old stuff out there that folks won't upgrade. The same follows
XP as well. It is a fine (for Windows) operating system.
It is just that M$ development tools are now messing so much
with it that developers are having a hard time continuing
to maintain it.