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On 10/31/2017 04:48 PM, 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? Thanks This night work http://download.cnet.com/DocX-Viewer...-75179715.html If you have an older version of MS Word however there is an update that makes it compatible with docx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down...ails.aspx?id=3 Finally you can install Libre Office, it's free (x_86 version) It works with XP sp3 and above (probably not win98) |
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Check M$ website they have readers for all there doc.
DOCX is a M$ thing. |
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What do I use to open a .DOCX file?
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? Thanks |
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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? Thanks There's read (as in Viewer only) or read-edit-write. You didn't say if you needed to modify and save in the same format. Microsoft makes Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewers. These are free and they're read-only. They show a visual representation on the screen and also allow you to print the documents. Word = .doc Excel = .xls PowerPoint = .ppt Note!!! You must download the first one, in the next six hours. Support disappears "November 2017". Package sizes are 25,685,128 bytes, 77,738,888 bytes, 63,210,976 bytes, much larger than I remember. They really should be 25MB each or less. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...ails.aspx?id=4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...ils.aspx?id=10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...ils.aspx?id=13 Then, Microsoft made a later format. Each file is a kind of ZIP file. Using a program like 7ZIP, you can open the files, and see both XML or image files in various folders. For the free viewer collection, there is a "translator" which converts the following to the old format on-the-fly and feeds it to the above viewers New Word = .docx translator -- .doc --- Viewer --- screen New Excel = .xlsx translator -- .xls --- Viewer --- screen New PowerPoint = .pptx translator -- .ppt --- Viewer --- screen Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 (SP3) 2011-10-25 38,569,824 bytes http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/downl....aspx?id=27836 https://download.microsoft.com/downl...file-en-us.exe Install the three viewers first, then install the compatibility pack. Now, if you use this (MBSA 2.3 baseline security analyzer). it's possible for this to do the equivalent of Microsoft Update and tell you whether any supporting packages for the compatibility viewers need to be updated. The program install is tiny. However, note that the wsusscn2 cab file this downloads, that's quite a large file (a couple hundred megabytes), so you don't actually want to run MBSA on dialup. For a runtime scan, you want to be on broadband. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...s.aspx?id=7558 When I ran that, a number of years ago, it told me I needed 15 different packages, to fix the security on my viewers. And that's what happens when you install the viewers and *never do any maintenance on them*. Now that they're going out of support, I suppose this no longer matters. ******* Now, if you want a free read/write application, which can open any six of the above, you'd want LibreOffice. At least, until it no longer loads on WinXP. LibreOffice will interfere with the operation of the translator and viewer combo above. So usage of LibreOffice is an "either/or" situation. Use the viewer packages and live in a read-only world, or install LibreOffice and you can read/write. If you have a strong need to "communicate" with a party that only works with MS documents, then LibreOffice might be a good thing to have installed. If you only need to print off government forms, the viewer might be good enough. I also use LibreOffice occasionally, if I need to pull in a CSV file and sort the lines in it. That's a usage I've found for it. On some more complicated tasks, it can be broken here and there. For example, if you attempt to add an Excel Chart to libreOffice, they insist on using OpenGL, and making an OpenGL call to check for "graphics card memory". The call frequently fails, due to the inability of the graphics card companies to "repair" the OpenGL API, every time Microsoft changes something. The insistence on using OpenGL, while well intentioned, should have been subsetted so that things like this did not happen. Windows does support both DirectX and OpenGL, but if a developer wants to use either of those, they need to plan their development carefully for quirks in *both* environments. Paul |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:25:43 -0400, Paul
wrote: 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? Thanks There's read (as in Viewer only) or read-edit-write. You didn't say if you needed to modify and save in the same format. Microsoft makes Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewers. These are free and they're read-only. They show a visual representation on the screen and also allow you to print the documents. Word = .doc Excel = .xls PowerPoint = .ppt Note!!! You must download the first one, in the next six hours. Support disappears "November 2017". Package sizes are 25,685,128 bytes, 77,738,888 bytes, 63,210,976 bytes, much larger than I remember. They really should be 25MB each or less. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...ails.aspx?id=4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...ils.aspx?id=10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...ils.aspx?id=13 Then, Microsoft made a later format. Each file is a kind of ZIP file. Using a program like 7ZIP, you can open the files, and see both XML or image files in various folders. For the free viewer collection, there is a "translator" which converts the following to the old format on-the-fly and feeds it to the above viewers New Word = .docx translator -- .doc --- Viewer --- screen New Excel = .xlsx translator -- .xls --- Viewer --- screen New PowerPoint = .pptx translator -- .ppt --- Viewer --- screen Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 (SP3) 2011-10-25 38,569,824 bytes http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/downl....aspx?id=27836 https://download.microsoft.com/downl...file-en-us.exe Install the three viewers first, then install the compatibility pack. Now, if you use this (MBSA 2.3 baseline security analyzer). it's possible for this to do the equivalent of Microsoft Update and tell you whether any supporting packages for the compatibility viewers need to be updated. The program install is tiny. However, note that the wsusscn2 cab file this downloads, that's quite a large file (a couple hundred megabytes), so you don't actually want to run MBSA on dialup. For a runtime scan, you want to be on broadband. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/down...s.aspx?id=7558 When I ran that, a number of years ago, it told me I needed 15 different packages, to fix the security on my viewers. And that's what happens when you install the viewers and *never do any maintenance on them*. Now that they're going out of support, I suppose this no longer matters. ******* Now, if you want a free read/write application, which can open any six of the above, you'd want LibreOffice. At least, until it no longer loads on WinXP. LibreOffice will interfere with the operation of the translator and viewer combo above. So usage of LibreOffice is an "either/or" situation. Use the viewer packages and live in a read-only world, or install LibreOffice and you can read/write. If you have a strong need to "communicate" with a party that only works with MS documents, then LibreOffice might be a good thing to have installed. If you only need to print off government forms, the viewer might be good enough. I also use LibreOffice occasionally, if I need to pull in a CSV file and sort the lines in it. That's a usage I've found for it. On some more complicated tasks, it can be broken here and there. For example, if you attempt to add an Excel Chart to libreOffice, they insist on using OpenGL, and making an OpenGL call to check for "graphics card memory". The call frequently fails, due to the inability of the graphics card companies to "repair" the OpenGL API, every time Microsoft changes something. The insistence on using OpenGL, while well intentioned, should have been subsetted so that things like this did not happen. Windows does support both DirectX and OpenGL, but if a developer wants to use either of those, they need to plan their development carefully for quirks in *both* environments. Paul These days you can buy a sealed copy of enterprise office 2007 with all of the features (power point, excel, publisher and word etc) on Ebay for about $20. For an XP or even a 7 user that is all you need for lots of stuff. |
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^^^^^^^^^^ Don't use someone else's domain without their permission. See: https://www.whois.com/whois/nospam.com Someone emailed me a .DOCX file. I'm familiar with .DOC, but I have no clue what to use to open this DOCX file. See: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=docx 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? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down...ails.aspx?id=4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=54543 Those list support for Windows XP, not for Windows 9x. Well, open the file on your Windows XP computer. Since you apparently can open .doc files (you didn't ask for help on a .doc file), why not tell "someone" to send you another copy of the document but in .doc format? |
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In message , Paul
writes: [] Microsoft makes Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewers. These are free and they're read-only. They show a visual representation on the screen and also allow you to print the documents. I have something (I don't remember what it's called) that allows me to read .docx in my (2003 IIRR) Word, _and edit_ - not just view and print. I can't _save_ in .docx, but although in theory there might be features that get lost by saving as .doc, I've yet to encounter a .docx that actually uses those features. [] If you have a strong need to "communicate" with a party that only works with MS documents, then LibreOffice might be a good thing to have installed. If you only need to print off government forms, the viewer might be good enough. But you can "communicate" with these people without having to be able to _write_ .docx - the more modern versions of Word (etc.) can still, so far, read the older formats such as .doc, so you should be able to continue to work with them, unless they need to use one of these rare extra features. (Depending on your relationship with them, you might even be able to persuade them to change the default setting in their Word etc.: it can be set so that it saves as .doc not .docx - if you need a reason, you could point out that they could interact more easily with a wider array of people, not just you.) I also use LibreOffice occasionally, if I need to pull in a CSV file and sort the lines in it. That's (Though of course Excel can do those too; if someone has Word, they've probably got Excel - or can they still be bought separately?) [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Reality television. It's eroding the ability of good scripted television to survive. - Patrick Duffy in Radio Times 2-8 February 2013 |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:54:52 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Paul writes: [] Microsoft makes Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewers. These are free and they're read-only. They show a visual representation on the screen and also allow you to print the documents. I have something (I don't remember what it's called) that allows me to read .docx in my (2003 IIRR) Word, _and edit_ - not just view and print. I can't _save_ in .docx, but although in theory there might be features that get lost by saving as .doc, I've yet to encounter a .docx that actually uses those features. [] If you have a strong need to "communicate" with a party that only works with MS documents, then LibreOffice might be a good thing to have installed. If you only need to print off government forms, the viewer might be good enough. But you can "communicate" with these people without having to be able to _write_ .docx - the more modern versions of Word (etc.) can still, so far, read the older formats such as .doc, so you should be able to continue to work with them, unless they need to use one of these rare extra features. (Depending on your relationship with them, you might even be able to persuade them to change the default setting in their Word etc.: it can be set so that it saves as .doc not .docx - if you need a reason, you could point out that they could interact more easily with a wider array of people, not just you.) I also use LibreOffice occasionally, if I need to pull in a CSV file and sort the lines in it. That's (Though of course Excel can do those too; if someone has Word, they've probably got Excel - or can they still be bought separately?) [] I had that problem years ago when DOCX first came out and people thought it was an imposition to send me a DOC, even though virtually all of their documents would even save as RTF without losing anything. That is why I found the extension for my old version of Word on the MS site that handled the DOCX. Later my wife turned up a copy of 2007 basic office that they were not going to use at work and after that I found the Ebay copies of enterprise office for $20. |
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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. -- Steve Hayes http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm http://khanya.wordpress.com |
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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. Then use something like Atlantis Nova on the Win98 machine to view/edit it. BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version. Wonder why. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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wrote in : 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? Thanks Hi, I use Office 2007 on my XP, Win7, and Win10 machines, except for one Win10 notebook that is an HP-14-ac151nr. It only has 32GB of solid state storage, and came with a program called WPS Office 10, from Kingsoft which has a word processor called Writer, a spreadsheet called Spreadsheet, and a PowerPoint type program called Presentation. 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). |
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