| File Type 1 |
Microsoft Word Document (Most common) |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Word processing document created by Microsoft Word, the most popular word processor, which included with all versions of Microsoft Office; may contain formatted text, images, tables, graphs, charts, page formatting, and print settings.
NOTE: Microsoft Word 2007 and later saves documents in the OpenXML format with a .DOCX extension. |
| Program(s) that open doc files |
Mac: Microsoft Word; Apple Pages; Apple AppleWorks; OpenOffice.org Writer; Nuance OmniPage Pro X
Windows: Microsoft Word; Microsoft Word Viewer; OpenOffice.org Writer; Nuance OmniPage Professional
Unix: OpenOffice.org Writer |
| File Type 2 |
WordPad Document |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Text document created with Microsoft WordPad (bundled with Microsoft Windows) |
| Program(s) that open doc files |
Mac: Microsoft Word
Windows: Microsoft WordPad or another text editor |
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