What is MS Word format?
As part of the popular Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Word is one of the most widely used word processing programs available for Windows and Mac, as of 2010. Word supports a number of document formats in addition to the Microsoft .docx and .doc formats.Default FormatThe default format for Microsoft Word 2007 is the Microsoft Office Document Open XML, denoted by the .docx extension. This format is not viewable by previous versions of Microsoft Word. Users can download a special viewer to view .docx documents on non-Word 2007 compliant computers.Other Supported FormatsMicrosoft Word 2007 also supports Microsoft Office Document (.doc), used by previous versions of Microsoft Word. Non-vendor specific formats such as rich text format (.rtf) and plain text (.txt) are also supported. Users can view and save documents in these supported formats.Choosing a FormatTake into consideration which other users and versions of Microsoft Word will be viewing your document. The .docx extension is appr
