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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 03-01-2010 11:03, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 03-01-2010 09:28, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Not .DOC but .DOCX !

.DOC = default extension for 2003 and earlier
.DOCX = defaukt extension for 2007 and future

Arne