Yes, just run the FileFormatConverters.exe, it will install some stuff, and then your existing office installation should be able to handle DOCX files (you're correct -- DOCX is a word file)
The one caveat I can think of is that FileFormatConverters.exe does not seem to install correctly on Windows 2000 with Office XP (we tried and could never get it to work) but if you're running a different OS and version of Office it should hopefully work. Scott On Sep 10, 2010, at 1:51 PM, DSinc wrote: > I have finally received my first "new/modern" MS Office output. It is a > dot-docx file. I suspect an MS Word file. > > My MS Office 2k3 can not read it, so I was shunted off to some MS site to get > the file FileFormatConverters.exe (37900KB). Big sucker! Shows > v12.0.6500.5000. The digital sig signing time is Friday, 08/21/2009 16:06:04. > > I am presently just staring at this file! > > Anyone know how to use this dot-exe? Do I just run it from the desktop and > hope for the best? Or, follow whatever inline prompts? At this point, I > really can not plan on a full MS Office re-install. > > Any additional info is greatly appreciated. > Best, > Duncan
