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By Daylon Jackson on Apr. 03, 2008

Trust MS to really jam you once again! I've been having problems with this on Openoffice as well. The one solution I found, albeit a painful one, is to convert docx to doc with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

First download the Word viewer at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e24c87-8732-4... Also download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4...

This will allow you to view the doc, but you can't edit it

If you right click the xdoc file I get in the open with menu microsoft open xml converter. Then it opens in OpenOffice then I can save as a normal doc file.

PAINFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

By an anonymous user on Apr. 03, 2008

I don't think Abiword supports it

By an anonymous user on Apr. 04, 2008

If you have an older version of Word - you can view .docx files by installing a plug-in you can get here - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx - then save it as a .doc and be on your way with any of the word processors out there. Probably not the "Open Source" response you were looking for, but that's what I use...

By an anonymous user on Aug. 18, 2008

Apprently OpenOffice.org 3 will support it, but it will be a while before it will be released.

167 days(as of this post)according to http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html

Sound like they have some good features in mind...... Hopefully docx will convert better in the future though(see pics at link).

By blaze on Aug. 22, 2008

Yes, but you need install additional plugin for such support.

In OpenOffice 3.0 this format will support out of box.

By kan guo on Aug. 28, 2008

OpenOffice 3.0 this format will support.

By molin show on Aug. 28, 2008

I don't think Abiword supports it

By lin quan on Aug. 29, 2008

I don't think so

By Gleb Zgonikov on Aug. 29, 2008

yes

By china long on Aug. 30, 2008

OpenOffice 3.0 this format will support.

By leehj hj on Sep. 01, 2008

i think so.

By leehj hj on Sep. 01, 2008

may be it does. but i don't care of it.

By an anonymous user on Oct. 10, 2008

Everyone keeps suggesting the MS update but if you can't find your original MS installation disk, you won't be able to install the update. Here's to the day that Linux and Open Source software CRUSHES MicroS__t (you can fill in the blanks with your choice : 'of' or 'hi')

By Joan Fisbein on Oct. 15, 2008

OpenOffice 3.0 (already launched: http://www.openoffice.org/ ) supports it.

By zixiang yan on Oct. 15, 2008

yes

By wadise wu on Oct. 15, 2008

support

By an anonymous user on Oct. 16, 2008

if you are using a windows os first you need to make sure that you can see the file type and change the file type to a .doc upon doing so you should be able to open it in abiword but Microsoft office will not recognize the file anymore.

By Neptune Chin on Oct. 18, 2008

OpenOffice 3.0 this format will support.

By Carl Zulauf on Feb. 16, 2009

AbiWord does support .docx