File Extensions New for Word 2007
docx, docm, dotx, dotm

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the new file extensions in Microsoft Word 2007. Here you will find answers to your questions about the docx, docm, dotx, and dotm file types.

Discover how to:

• open docx files
• save a file as a Word template
• determine which extension to use when saving a document
• share your files easily using compatibility mode
• convert your document from Word to pdf or other file types

Need to convert a file from Word to pdf? Use Word 2007 to convert even your old Word doc files to pdf format. I'll walk you through the file conversion process so you can avoid the pitfalls.

Need to know how to disable a macro in docm file? Or how to open a docx file without Word 2007? I'll show you how.

What do you want to do?

Read about docx files?

Open docx files?

Open docx files without Word 2007?

Read about docm files?

Open dotx and dotm files?

Convert .docx to .doc?

Convert Word to PDF?

Create Once, Convert to Many

The new docx extension allows you to work faster and be more versatile when designing documents!

Creating a business letter? Marketing brochure? Procedure manual?

Create it once and then convert your document from Word to pdf, a web page, or even an xml file. Word 2007 is a great single-sourcing tool! (In other words, you can create many different documents from a single source file.)

Word 2007 allows you to Save As these extensions:

• docm
• dotx and dotm
• doc
• dot
• pdf
• xps
• txt
• rtf
• htm, html, mht, mhtml
• xml
• wps
• tiff
• mdi
  

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