[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

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In article <4b40a5e2$0$280$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>On 02-01-2010 23:22, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> But but but - did you unzip the container before
>>> looking at it??
>>
>> If it was a zipped XML file, why was its extention not ".ZIP" ????
>>
>> How the<4 letter word that begins with H and ends with ELL>  is one
>> supposed to know that some proprietary Microsoft format is a zip archive ?
>>
>> And if it was so easy to just unzip it, why was I told I needed a
>> proprioetary micsrosoft application to convert that format to a .DOC or
>> XML format readable by some other application ?
>
>A .docx file is a zip file containing XML files.
>
>If you rename it to .zip and look into it then you will
>see a bunch of xml files. I believe document.xml is the
>one you will want.
>
>The extension is not .zip because then double clicking on it
>would open a zip utility/filebrowser instead of the intended
>Word.
>
>It is not a proprietary format but standardized format. Only
>around 10000 pages of specification.  :-)
>
>To read it then I would also have suggested an office
>application. It is not that easy to read that XML. MS Office
>is obvious, but I believe that OpenOffice should be able
>to read it as well.

You're saying that a .DOC is XML?  I thought it was proprietary M$ W(ei)RD.

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