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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130207/7a823a49/attachment.html>