computer help: Is there any way to see .docx documents using Windows XP? - Help.com



This post left anonymously

Is there any way to see .docx documents using Windows XP?

My professor posted discussion questions on his website, in the ‘.docx’ form. I have not yet upgraded to Windows Vista–my PC is still running on Windows XP. So, whenever I try to open the file, all that shows up in the Word window is a bunch of strange characters. I have no access to another computer for the night, and my class starts at 8am. I’m wondering if there’s some way to view this document on my computer??

This open post was written 3 months ago | V/U/S: 306, 10, 5 | Edit Post | Leave a reply | Report Post


Reciprocity (0) Reciprocation Failure -- The poster has NOT helped anyone else yet!

Since writing this post Anonymous may have helped people, but has not within the last 4 days.

Post Tags (3)

computer, microsoft, homework (How Tags Affect Reciprocity)

Replies (10)

Where were you?

Click and drag to move the map around. FAQ: How we place people on this map »
You can also watch events on Help.com as they happen
Mouse over the map for 2 seconds to see an expanded, interactive view

Anonymous changed the tags on this post: they were "Windows Vista, computer, Microsoft Windows, All That, Professor, Debate, Window, running, website, question" 3 months ago.

Anthrax offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 35 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (14 minutes after post)

Try this http://docx-converter.com/

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: Link of the week:
fooshii offline Verified User (4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (17 minutes after post)

Your thinking of Microsoft Office, not Windows. .docx is a Word 2007 extension I believe, which means you would need either Office 07 or you can go to openoffice.org and get an open source version which should be able to get ya going too.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Anthrax offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 35 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (19 minutes after post)

fooshii wrote:
Your thinking of Microsoft Office, not Windows. .docx is a Word 2007 extension I believe, which means you would need either Office 07 or you can go to openoffice.org and get an open source version which should be able to get ya going too.

Actually OpenOffice won’t work for this extension. I’ve checked.

There is however an upgrade available for older versions of Windows Office. I haven’t looked for it since I only use OpenOffice.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: Link of the week:
Anthrax offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 35 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (21 minutes after post)

That should read “Microsoft Office”… duh… shows how much I use Microsoft products… lol

Go Linux!!

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: Link of the week:
super_ritchiebaby offline Verified User (11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
Greenock, V4, GB | 3 months ago (8 hours, 38 minutes after post)

The docx file is office 2007 what you need (is not linux :-) tho good one ) is the 2007 converters just google it and goto microsoft site to get them and install . else you can email the sender or creator and ask them to send them again after? the re-save them in 2007 AS!! word.doc files , but I bet converter plugin would be better

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: I love helping folk with pc/computer problems and want to start a list of things to ask to get a full picture before I can help any ideas?
Anthrax offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 35 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (9 hours, 51 minutes after post)

ehh, just to clarify if anyone got me wrong. “Go Linux” was a cheer from my side. I do not mean everyone should go out and install Linux on their computers. It’s not for everyone (yet).

It’ll be interesting to see if OpenOffice 3.0 will support this extension.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: Link of the week:
jcd online Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (10 hours, 9 minutes after post)

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wor…

go here and download the Office Compatibility Pack. It will let you open .docx files in Word 2003 and I think Word 2000.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: A link for those of you going through relationship break-ups:
super_ritchiebaby offline Verified User (11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
Greenock, V4, GB | 3 months ago (10 hours, 19 minutes after post)

Thnks jcd for link I was too busy to do a search this morning

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: I love helping folk with pc/computer problems and want to start a list of things to ask to get a full picture before I can help any ideas?
Anonymous #
2 months, 4 weeks ago (20 hours, 17 minutes after post)

thanks to all!

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators

Invite Others to Help

A logged in and verified Help.com member has the ability to setup a Friends List and invite others to help with posts.