How to Open a DOCX File as an XML Zip
Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Office Word 2010 support the Open XML file format. By simply renaming Word's native DOCX format file, you can convert DOCX files to the XML file format so that more applications can read them. Changing the file extension of a DOCX file to ZIP will automatically convert the data to the XML format. You can then open the newly created XML ZIP file using a file decompression tool.
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Instructions
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Click the “Start” button, type “Show File Extensions” (without quotes) into the search box and press “Enter.”
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Uncheck the box next to the “Hide Extensions for Known File Types” option.
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Click the “Apply” button. You will now see the file extension of every file on the hard disk.
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Right-click a DOCX file and select “Rename.”
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Change the .DOCX extension of the file name to .ZIP and press “Enter.”
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Click the “Yes” option on the pop-up box to convert the .DOCX file to an XML ZIP file.
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Download and install PowerZip, WinZip or WinRAR.
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Double-click the XML ZIP file to view the contents inside.
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