susan0101 said:
I recently rebuilt my desktop machine. Now when I access my exchange server
via webmail on this machine any .docx attachments that I save to open are
saved as a compressed file. .doc are fine, but docx are not. I have run all
updates for this computer.
I'm running Office 2007 and IE 8.
That's because .docx files ARE compressed files.
docx is yet another new Microsoft properietary document format that
showed up in their Word 2007 that isn't even compatible with prior
versions of Word. Don't save in .docx format. Save in the older .doc
Microsoft proprietary format that everyone can understand (which
includes Microsoft products before Office 2007). You have the choice of
saving in doc or docx format for your own files. Alternatively, and
when receiving docx files, install Microsoft's "Office Compatibility
Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats". That
let YOU read .docx files (if you don't have Word 2007). You can't
guarantee that anyone else has that utility installed to read your .docx
files or that they even use Word to read a .docx file (since lots of
non-Microsoft products can read the older .doc format).
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx?pid=CH100626291033
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=DC101298101033&CTT=5&Origin=HA100444731033
..docx is an XML-formatted document that is then compressed (using the
..zip algorithm) into a smaller file. That is probably why it appears as
a .zip file by any application that looks inside the file (to determine
filetype by *content*) rather than rely on its filetype (the filename's
extension).
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100069351033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx?pid=CH100626291033
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102406831033.aspx?pid=CH101778931033
Don't use a document format that you or your recipients cannot decipher.
If you get a docx file for which you don't have Word 2007 to read it or
have the Compatibility Pack installed then complain to the sender to
resend the file in a usable file format.