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About the file types.
- Word (Open XML) (.docx) are the new Word documents
that have been submitted to the ISO for standardisation, they can be opened
natively by Word 2007 and other modern office suites, a
compatibility pack is
available for older versions of Word and Office which allow them to open and
save this new document type, alternatively those using the
Word 2003 viewer can
use the
compatibility pack to
add support for the new documents.
- Word (binary) (.doc) these are the most common form
of Word documents, however they are no longer the default document format
and will be phased out over time, this document can be opened by Word 97 and
up, the free
Word 2003 viewer and
other compatible applications.
- XPS documents (.xps) are a new XML based paper
specification and can be opened natively on Windows Vista, or Windows XP
with the
XPS viewer.
- PDF documents (.pdf) are widespread but require most users
to install a PDF reader, such as
Foxit
Reader or
Adobe Reader, both of
these applications offer a browser toolbar which is completely unnecessary
to view PDFs and we recommend that you unselect the option to install the
browser toolbar.
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