alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .DOCX

File description

The DOCX format was introduced by the Microsoft office 2007 for Windows systems and then Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac system. This format replaces the older .DOC file format. The latest versions of the Microsoft Office program can read through the old .DOC files, but the older versions cannot read the latest DOCX format without particular updates.

The DOCX is a format used for the latest Microsoft Word format in the Microsoft`s Office 2007. The ‘X’ at the end of the file indicates the recent XML format it is based on. The DOCX extension is basically developed keeping in mind the structural design of XML and also makes use of the ZIP compression scheme, which is useful in reducing the size of the document.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .DOCX file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .DOCX extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .DOCX file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .DOCX file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

Text Files

Developer

Microsoft

Popularity

File name: Microsoft Word Open XML Document

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

LibreOffice

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Viewer

Office 365

Office Regenerator

OpenOffice.org

Word Regenerator

WordPerfect Office

Mac OS

iWork Pages

LibreOffice

Microsoft Word

NeoOffice

OpenOffice.org

Linux

LibreOffice

OpenOffice.org

OxygenOffice Professional

ThinkFree Office Write

Android

Kingsoft Office

Remember!

The .DOCX file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .DOCX extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .DOCX file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .DOCX file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .DOCX file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .DOCX file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .DOCX file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .DOCX file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.