File formats that can be opened and saved in Microsoft Word 2010
The following formats are supported in Microsoft Word 2010 and the program is able to work with them.
| Extension | File format | Description |
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*.doc |
Word 97–2003 Document |
The binary file format for Word 97–2003. |
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*.docm |
Word Macro-Enabled Document |
The XML-based and macro-enabled file format for Word 2010 and Office Word 2007. Stores Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro code. |
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*.docx |
Word Document |
The default XML-based file format for Word 2010 and Office Word 2007. |
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*.dot |
Word 97–2003 Template |
Template for Word 97–2003 files. |
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*.dotm |
Word Macro-Enabled Template |
Template for creating new Word 2010 and Office Word 2007 files that contain macros. If you want to include UI customizations or macros in the template, use this file format. |
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*.dotx |
Word Template |
Template for creating new Word 2010 and Office Word 2007 files that do not contain macros. |
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*.htm, *.html |
Web Page |
A Web page that is saved as a folder that contains an .htm file and all supporting files, such as images, sound files, cascading style sheets, scripts, and more. |
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*.htm, *.html |
Web Page, Filtered |
Saving in the Web Page, Filtered file format removes Microsoft Office-specific tags. If you save in filtered HTML and then re-open the file in an Office application, text and general appearance will be preserved. However, some features might work differently. |
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*.mht, *.mhtml |
Single File Web Page |
A Web page as a single file that includes an .htm file and all supporting files, such as images, sound files, cascading style sheets, scripts, and more. |
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*.odt |
OpenDocument Text |
A file format for saving Word 2010 files so that they can be opened in document applications that use the OpenDocument format. You can also open documents in the .ods format in Word 2010. Formatting might be lost when users save and open .ods files. |
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Portable Document Format (PDF), a PostScript-based electronic file format developed by Adobe Systems that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing. Files using the PDF file format can be saved but not opened by using Word 2010. |
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*.rtf |
Rich Text Format |
RTF controls the representation and formatting of a document, both on the screen and in print. When they use the .rtf file format, documents created under different operating systems and with different software applications can be transferred between those operating systems and applications. |
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*.txt |
Plain Text |
When you save a Word 2010 document as a .txt file, you lose all formatting. |
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*.wps |
Works 6-9 Document |
This is the default file format of Microsoft Works, versions 6.0 through 9.0. |
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*.xml |
Word 2003 XML Document |
The XML format supported in Office Word 2003. |
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*.xml |
Word XML Document |
The XML file format supported in Word 2010 and Office Word 2007 (Open XML). |
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*.xps |
XPS Document |
XML Paper Specification, a file format that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing. When the XPS file is viewed online or printed, it keeps exactly the format that you intended, and the data in the file cannot be easily changed. Files using the XPS Document file format can be saved but not opened by using Word 2010. |
