Microsoft Office Word File Name Extensions

Microsoft Office Word File Name Extensions

Microsoft Office Word File Name Extensions, you can download on these following link:  
FormatFile-Ms-Word.pdf

Legacy

Legacy filename extensions denote binary Microsoft Word formatting that became outdated with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. Although the latest version of Microsoft Word can still open them, they are no longer developed. Legacy filename extensions include:

• .doc – Legacy Word document; Microsoft Office refers to them as "Microsoft Word 97 – 2003 Document"
• .dot – Legacy Word templates; officially designated "Microsoft Word 97 – 2003 Template"
• .wbk – Legacy Word document backup; referred as "Microsoft Word Backup Document"

OOXML

Office Open XML (OOXML) format was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007 and became the default format of Microsoft Word ever since. Pertaining file extensions include:

• .docx – Word document
• .docm – Word macro-enabled document; same as docx, but may contain macros and scripts
• .dotx – Word template
• .dotm – Word macro-enabled template; same as dotx, but may contain macros and scripts
• .docb – Word binary document introduced in Microsoft Office 2007

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