file.docx to file.zip) then double-click the file to expand it. docx extension of a received Office 2007 document to. Manual expansion/stripping As such, one brute alternative for extracting data under Mac OS X is to change the. For Excel, items are located in the /excel directory, etc. docx document (created by Word 2007), there is a directory labeled word that contains various XML documents with the actual text. Since they are actually archived folders, the 'meat' of any document will be stored in a directory (or directories) within the document packages. There are, however, a few promising means for exchanging documents with Office 2007 users, or at least extracting pertinent data from said documents.įiles created with the new Open XML format used by Office 2007 are actually ZIP packages that contain various XML files as well as images and other data. Microsoft has promised beta file conversion utilities in Spring 2007 that will allow you to open these files (dubbed 'Open XML') in Office 2004 (and possibly Office v.X), but users seeking interoperability are largely left in the lurch until then. With its new file formats, Office 2007 creates documents that won't be readily accessible under any current version of Office for Mac OS X (v.x or 2004). You may have a few Windows-using friends or co-workers who have already made the leap to Office 2007, and know more who are planning to upgrade in the coming weeks.
