Simon Buch wrote:
> IF your file really is a Microsoft .DOCX format file, you should be able
> to "unzip" the content of the file using an unarchiver utility like 7zip
> [on Windows]. You will get a few folders, including one named 'word',
> inside of which you will find a 'document.xml' file. You might be able
> to rescue the content if you know how to modify the XML file.
>
> I've found that sometimes Microsoft products indicate they are writing
> out as the XML based formats [docx, xslx, etc.] but don't!
I believe that this is the behavior that hides behind the Microsoft terminology
"compatibility mode". A .docx file saved in "compatibility mode" can be opened
by a pre-2007 version of Word because it uses the old binary .doc file format
rather than being zipped XML.
-Fred Ridder
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