How to convert or open Docx file to doc format - Office tips by TipsoSaurus

4 ways of converting the docx format to doc format!

Aug 10, 2007

With the release of Microsoft Office 2007 came a new format DOCX. Yes, all the word documents created in Microsoft Word 2007 will be saved in DOCX format until and unless you specifically save them in DOC format using the SAVE AS format.

There are few ways through which you can convert the DOCX files into DOC format, so that they can be opened using older version of Microsoft Office or may be with OpenOffice.Org :

1. Convert the file using ZamZar : You can simply go on ZamZar.com & then upload the DOCX file and then select the option of exporting it to DOC format.

2. Convert using DOCX2DOC : Another online converter and this one is specifically for converting the files from DOCX to DOC. Visit DOCX2DOC.COM

3. Compatibility pack by Microsoft : You may download the compatibility pack from Microsoft which will allow you to open, edit and save the DOCX format in the older version of MS Office.

4. Convert using the OpenOffice.org : You can also open the DOCX file in OpenOffice.org but that too with the help of the converter. You’ll need to download this extension and then only you’ll be able to convert the file. Found via thedailyblahblah blog.

So, these are the ways through which you can easily convert the DOCX documents into DOC format. Subscribe for the newsletter for more tips and tricks like these!

Other Important Articles

Posted by TipsoSaurus | Categories: Blogging Tips |

Enjoyed this article? Subscribe to the full RSS Feed

Share with others

This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.

52114 Responses2007-08-10+20%3A22%3A40TipsoSaurus so far | Have Your Say!

Vaibhav
August 12th, 2007 at 9:12 am #

Mayank it you can also change it with the use of word 07 only. You just need to open that and choose save as word 97-2003 format, and you will be able to open it.
Using other softwares in not that handy if you can change it from that very software only…
TipsoSaurus
August 12th, 2007 at 10:13 am #

@ Vaibhav : Oh yes, I know that way too. Now consider a situation where you have word 2007 and you attach a word file with DOCX extension to one of your friend and he doesn’t have word 2007. Then what will he do ? The answer : He’ll follow one of the above given steps :)
Vaibhav
August 18th, 2007 at 8:59 pm #

@
Then my friend, i think its our responsibility to send him a file with .doc extension. :P
But yes, these tips do come handy to non technical persons.
I accept it.
Edit DOCX format using ThinkFree online office - News, opinion, reviews by ReviewSaurus
August 19th, 2007 at 12:20 am #

[...] now we know another way through which we can edit the DOCX format. What do you think that how will the competitors and users will react to such an update ? Office [...]
Mickey
October 9th, 2007 at 4:53 am #

Another optional solution is converting docx or xlsx files on your computer with an App. called “docXConverter 2.0″. It converts Word 2007 docx files into rtf and Excel 2007 xlsx file into csv, and allows you to open the docx or the xlsx files with a program currently installed on your computer.
nins
June 5th, 2008 at 6:30 pm #

Dear TipsoSaurus

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Just got my converted file back from ZamZar.
dianna
June 12th, 2008 at 8:59 pm #

You can open it in Adobe Illustrator CS3, no problem. :)
brian Eliel
June 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am #

Microsoft is just brilliant when it comes to software development. What was the purpose of chaning a standard format .doc to docx other than to just mess with people. Great job Bill, oh for all of you reading why not just go out and buy windows vista.
Arunkumar
August 5th, 2008 at 7:14 pm #

i am having set of xlsx and pptx files, need to convert those to xls and ppt.

I have downloaded and installed office compatibility pack, and tried converting the xlsx file to xls in command line.

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12>excelcnv -oice c:\xl.xlsx c:\xl.xls

it gives out a xl.xls but its just the copy of my input xlsx file when i open that file in the office 2000 it gives error. i just renamed the xl.xls to xl.zip, now i can see the xmls inside. so it just created the copy of my input file and renamed it to xl.xls.

Any help on this highly appreciated.

Thanks
BIG
November 15th, 2008 at 4:15 am #

I hate microsoft!!!!
guy
November 17th, 2008 at 6:08 am #

using Mac OSX, i just delete the "x" from the extension name and it opens fine. This may work with Windows, too, but i don't generally use PCs.
Jose Arellano
January 29th, 2009 at 4:57 am #

If you have a hotmail account (Well, I use my Yahoo! account and it logs in, weird.), you can use the Online Microsoft Office to open them, now for offline, yes most of these tricks will do fine.
Michael
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm #

Another one http://converter.tds.lv
Sushi
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:48 pm #

Thanks for this useful article. What a stupid idea of MS with this docx format.