{"id":7181,"date":"2022-06-22T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2023-04-22T23:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T21:19:01","slug":"doc-vs-docx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/doc-vs-docx\/","title":{"rendered":"DOC vs. DOCX: What Is the Difference Between DOC and DOCX?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DOC vs. DOCX: <\/strong>Microsoft Office is a very popular application designed for business use. a person who is using Microsoft Word application will definitely know about DOC and DOCX file format. DOC file format was the only file format for Microsoft Office till 2003 when the company launched the new version of MS Word. The DOCX format was introduced in the market with the launch of MS Word 2007. And if we talk about DOC versus DOCX, the main difference between these two is that DOC documents are stored into binary files, while DOCX documents are stored in zip files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a closer look at DOC versus DOCX <\/strong>file formats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storage<\/strong><\/td>In DOC, documents are stored in binary files while in DOCX, in a zip file.<\/td><\/tr>
Nature<\/strong><\/td>The nature of DOC is proprietary, and DOCX is an open standard<\/td><\/tr>
Extensions<\/strong><\/td>Both are the extension for MS Word files to keep dat save<\/td><\/tr>
Options<\/strong><\/td>DOC has minimal options as compared to DOCX<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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