Microsoft Word

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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040630082459/http://weblogs.asp.net/Rick_Schaut/archive/2004/02/26/80193.aspx Why Mac Word 6.0 was crappy, from a developer]
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040630082459/http://weblogs.asp.net/Rick_Schaut/archive/2004/02/26/80193.aspx Why Mac Word 6.0 was crappy, from a developer]
 
* [http://inundata.org/2012/12/04/how-to-ditch-word/ How to Ditch Word]
 
* [http://inundata.org/2012/12/04/how-to-ditch-word/ How to Ditch Word]
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* [http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/21/escape-microsoft-word/ Escape from Microsoft Word]
  
 
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File Format
Name Microsoft Word
Ontology
Extension(s) .doc, .docm, .docx, .dot, .dotm, .dotx
MIME Type(s) application/msword, application/vnd.ms-word, others

Microsoft Word is a popular word processor program which has existed in a number of versions for DOS, Windows, and the Macintosh. Various native file formats have been used, and some other non-Word-specific formats can also be opened and saved. There are separate articles on these formats:

  • DOC (Word document)
  • DOCM (Word macro-enabled document)
  • DOCX (Word document, XML format)
  • DOT (Word template)
  • DOTM (Word macro-enabled template)
  • DOTX (Word template, XML format)
  • WordProcessingML (XML format preceding later DOCX one)

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