Word File Formats

Question 1

Word Document (.docx)

Answer 1

This is the default format from Word 2007 documents.

Question 2

Word Macro-Enables Document (.docm)

Answer 2

This file format supports macros in Word 2007.

Question 3

Word-97-2003 Document (.doc)

Answer 3

Documents in this format can be read used by all versions Word. This Word document format does not support XML.

Question 4

PDF (.pdf)

Answer 4

Use this format for files you want to share, but do not want to be changed. (Requires Word Add-In.)

Question 5

Web page (.htm, .html)

Answer 5

This format is used to create pages to be viewed on the Web.

Question 6

Rich Text Format (.rtf)

Answer 6

Many of a document’s formatting properties remain, but this file type can be read by more programs.

Question 7

Plain Text (.txt)

Answer 7

Only text is saved in this file type. Any document formatting is removed.

Question 8

Word XML Document (.xml)

Answer 8

This file type is used exclusively for XML-enabled documents.