In article <gemini.kgck9l00elntj03v8.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ray Dawson <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robin Phillips <robin-phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also, now that Microsoft lap-tops are producing files in a format > > which has the extension .DOCX it would be very good if one could deal > > with such files, instead of having to go back to whoever sent them and > > ask them to save them in an older version of Word. > I think you will find that they are a PK compressed XML file so perhaps > easier to write a converter for than earlier Word versions. They are indeed - OpenOffice handles them fine. Beware, however, that they are a sort of MS-munged Open Document Format - which therefore isn't exactly open - the xmlns is a microsoft one. There are some minor tweaks which OpenOffice does in the course of loading. Keith -- Inspired! To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling