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  • 20-07-2010 6:57pm
    #1
    North_West_Art
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭


    hi... I know there have been threads on this before, but no clear answers (for me at least).. I recieved an email with an attachment which is .docx extension. When I download it, it saves as a zip file, and when I unzip it it extracts as 3 folders... _rpes word docProps each of which contain xml files only.

    I looked at several solutions online and tried them. I downloaded Openoffice and tried to open each of the files, but to no avail, and I also tried using an online .docx converter which tells me that xml is an unrecognised file type. I cant seem to find clear instructions on how to open the files... do they combine to form one readable file? It only is a 2 page document that I recieved, I don't know why it has seperated into a heap of xml files... thanks in advance


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    North_West_Art wrote: »
    hi... I know there have been threads on this before, but no clear answers (for me at least).. I recieved an email with an attachment which is .docx extension. When I download it, it saves as a zip file, and when I unzip it it extracts as 3 folders... _rpes word docProps each of which contain xml files only.

    I looked at several solutions online and tried them. I downloaded Openoffice and tried to open each of the files, but to no avail, and I also tried using an online .docx converter which tells me that xml is an unrecognised file type. I cant seem to find clear instructions on how to open the files... do they combine to form one readable file? It only is a 2 page document that I recieved, I don't know why it has seperated into a heap of xml files... thanks in advance

    You need to open the file (ie zip file) in openoffice, its a xml based format and your probably unpacking the xml code :)

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  • #3
    North_West_Art
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭North_West_Art


    doesn't seem to be co-operating either... my only option still seems to be to pick from one of the xml files... when I select the zip file in question (IWA tax), and try to open it, it just lists the contents... see image


  • #4
    Tails142
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭Tails142


    you know its a Microsoft Word 2007 file type right?

    You can get free converters for earlier versions of Word and there are many websites which will convert it for free to a different file type.


  • #5
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    If you have Microsoft Office 2003, download this :)

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F97AB2F-1F7D-49A3-9123-7CA3E703B916&displaylang=en


  • #6
    hshortt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭hshortt


    You will want to use the free viewer then - here

    You do not need word to use this and it will open the docx format file for you.


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