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Simon Buch wrote:<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> IF your file really is a Microsoft .DOCX format file, you should be able <br>> to "unzip" the content of the file using an unarchiver utility like 7zip <br>> [on Windows]. You will get a few folders, including one named 'word', <br>> inside of which you will find a 'document.xml' file. You might be able <br>> to rescue the content if you know how to modify the XML file.<br>> <br>> I've found that sometimes Microsoft products indicate they are writing <br>> out as the XML based formats [docx, xslx, etc.] but don't!<br><br>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.<br><br>-Fred Ridder<br></div> </div></body>
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