Microsoft introduced the DOCX format, which ends with the extension .docx, in 2007 as an upgrade to its popular word-processing program, Word. DOCX files' incompatibility with earlier versions of Word ...

In an email News Brief distributed today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reminded stakeholders that starting at 12:01 am (ET) on January 17, the filing of new, non-provisional utility patent ...

This has been a frequent complaint by users of Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier word processing software since Microsoft launched Office 2007, and introduced the .docx format. “At the beginning of ...

On December 29, 2022, to the relief of many practitioners and applicants, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office delayed the effective date of its controversial incentivized transition to DOCX format ...

One of the banes of modern working life comes about when trying to collaborate remotely with colleagues using different software. Mac users pick up a spreadsheet, presentation deck or word-processing ...

How to enable .docx creation in the Google Docs app Your email has been sent Did you know that you can now create .docx files directly from within the Google Docs app? With this new(ish) feature you ...

“We are seeing some people who are preparing themselves [for the transition to DOCX] now, and I’d like to see a much higher number during the course of the year.” – Drew Hirshfeld On Friday, November ...

“While the proposed DOCX filing system has raised concerns among practitioners… it has the potential to enhance USPTO efficiency and reduce operational costs.” The USPTO intends to use the DOCX format ...

If you work on a Mac OS X computer in your office and receive DOCX documents created by Microsoft Office on a Windows computer, you can use Pages to open the documents. Pages '09 works with DOCX ...