What do I use to open a .DOCX file?

On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 10:57:25 -0200, Shadow wrote:

On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 06:30:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:48:32 -0600, wrote:

Someone emailed me a .DOCX file. I'm familiar with .DOC, but I have no
clue what to use to open this DOCX file. I use both Windows98se and XP.
I assume I need to install some software. What do I need to install for
these two operating systems?

LibreOffice will do it.

Old versions of OpenOffice worked under win98. Not sure about
LibreOffice.
Hard to find info. Old Version com says win 2000 or higher.
I'd install LibreOffice Portable on the XP machine and save
the document as RTF.

I use LibreOffice on XP to read .docx files. My wife often asks me to
print them, so I open them from LibreOffice and print from there, no
problem.

BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version. Wonder why.

Well, I wonder why I won't be upgrading, then?



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In message , Bill in Co
writes:
Boris wrote:
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This program handles the newer Microsoft Office file types, such as .docx
and .xls. I've used the spreadsheet and word processor to create files
and also read and edit files transferred from my Office 2007 machines.

Here it is:

http://www.kingsoftstore.com/softwar...ffice-freeware

I was going to recommend that too, but it may not support Win98 (check the
requirements section there).


Sadly no - though the requirements _are_ refreshingly modest!

System Requirements for WPS Office 10 Free

Required Operating System:
Windows 2000 / Windows XP
Windows Vista (32bit, 64bit)
Windows 7 (32bit, 64bit) Windows8 Windows 10

Basic Configurations:
CPU: Pentium II 266 MHz or higher
Memory: at least 128 MB
Hardwa at least 200 MB available space

Recommended Configurations:
CPU: Pentium III 450 MHz or higher
Memory: 256 MB or larger
Hardwa 250 MB available

And it does appear to be truly free, though the Support tag does have
mentions of the word "trial", which is off-putting.
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Bill in Co
writes:
Boris wrote:
[]
This program handles the newer Microsoft Office file types, such as
.docx
and .xls. I've used the spreadsheet and word processor to create files
and also read and edit files transferred from my Office 2007 machines.

Here it is:

http://www.kingsoftstore.com/softwar...ffice-freeware

I was going to recommend that too, but it may not support Win98 (check
the
requirements section there).


Sadly no - though the requirements _are_ refreshingly modest!

System Requirements for WPS Office 10 Free

Required Operating System:
Windows 2000 / Windows XP
Windows Vista (32bit, 64bit)
Windows 7 (32bit, 64bit) Windows8 Windows 10

Basic Configurations:
CPU: Pentium II 266 MHz or higher
Memory: at least 128 MB
Hardwa at least 200 MB available space

Recommended Configurations:
CPU: Pentium III 450 MHz or higher
Memory: 256 MB or larger
Hardwa 250 MB available

And it does appear to be truly free, though the Support tag does have
mentions of the word "trial", which is off-putting.

I have an older version installed on a WinXP laptop and it's not a trial, so
I don't know if that changed. (If so, one could always search for an older
version on the Internet, although admitedly that is oftentimes a pretty
tedious process).

I noticed the requirements omitted Win98 too, and that's why I mentioned it,
but even though it's not listed as such, that doesn't necessarily mean it
won't work on Win98. However, the fact that Win2000 is listed, but not
Win98, isn't too encouraging.

On 11/01/2017 05:57 AM, Shadow wrote:
BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version.

Elucidate please.

What is "resemble Win XP"?

On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:19:52 -0700, T wrote:

On 11/01/2017 05:57 AM, Shadow wrote:
BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version.

Elucidate please.

What is "resemble Win XP"?

KDE 3 based DEs, like

https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trin...op_Environment

Not sure about Gnome 2 (Mate).

BTW, Trinity is available for ALL the main stable Linux
Distros, and still has "nightly builds". These might have a few bugs.
It's what Linux users thrive on.
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On 11/04/2017 11:31 AM, Shadow wrote:
On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:19:52 -0700, T wrote:

On 11/01/2017 05:57 AM, Shadow wrote:
BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version.

Elucidate please.

What is "resemble Win XP"?

KDE 3 based DEs, like

https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trin...op_Environment

Not sure about Gnome 2 (Mate).

BTW, Trinity is available for ALL the main stable Linux
Distros, and still has "nightly builds". These might have a few bugs.
It's what Linux users thrive on.
[]'s



Sounds like they are just getting their back up over all the
old stuff out there that folks won't upgrade. The same follows
XP as well. It is a fine (for Windows) operating system.
It is just that M$ development tools are now messing so much
with it that developers are having a hard time continuing
to maintain it.