Document File Formats

• ·         docx – made in modern (e.g. 2010) Microsoft Word programs.  Old Microsoft word programs cannot read them without a convertor.
• ·         .doc – made in older Microsoft Word programs.  Can also be read in modern Word.
• ·         .pdf – Stands for ‘Portable Display File’.  Can be read on any computer.  Can not be edited.
• ·         .rtf – Stands for ‘Rich Text Format’.  Most Word processes are able to read them.
• ·         .odt – Made in Open Office.