For better compatibility you can save a .dotx Word document templates to older .dot files, which is what dotx to dot conversion actually represents. This will ensure that the template will work even in older versions of Word or other word-processors that support MS Word formats, albeit at the cost of some of the advanced features introduced in later version of MS Word.
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Conversion of dotx file format to dot file format beta
Search for dotx to dot converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Microsoft Word XML document template to Microsoft Word document template (up to Microsoft Word 2003 version).
We have found 7 software records in our database eligible for .dotx to .dot file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert dotx to dot on Windows
Microsoft Word
One of the most popular word processor program from Microsoft Office suite
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from dotx file | Yes, Microsoft Word supports dotx file conversion as a source file type. | Yes | Yes | dotx editor | Yes | No | No | No |
to dot file | Yes, Microsoft Word supports dot file conversion as a target file type. | Yes | Yes | dot editor | Yes | No | No | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned dotx to dot. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
AbiWord
A free word processing program, part of GNOME office productivity bundle
TextMaker
A reliable word processor from SoftMaker Office suite
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert dotx to dot on OS X
Microsoft Word for Mac
A Mac version of the popular word processing application
Windows Mobile/CE software - convert dotx to dot on Windows Mobile
Word Mobile
Mobile version of Microsoft Word previously known as Pocket Word
Multiplatform software 
- convert dotx to dot on any platform
Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer)
Word processor and text editor from OpenOffice.org suite
LibreOffice Writer
Full-featured word processing and desktop publishing tool from LibreOffice suite
Additional links: Open dotx file, Open dot file
DOTX
A dotx file extension is used for a main open XML document template format of Microsoft Word. Templates are generally used to save predefined look and settings of documents for quick creation of documents that have same look. DOTX format is a successor to previously used DOT format. Some other word processors are also able to open dotx files, however they wont probably use most of the Microsoft Word specific formatting.
DOT
A dot file extension is used by Microsoft Word, a word processor that is distributed as a part of Microsoft Office. A dot file contains document template (predefined document type and format). A dot file extension is used by Microsoft Word 97 to 2003.
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