docx files in websites?

I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website, linking
to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over converting to a
pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file. With the file on
the server, however, it is treated as a zip file. Efforts to open the
document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an older Word
version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW,
I'm trying to open it on a computer that does not have Office2007, but has
the converter utility for .docx files from MS support website. I do not
experience similar problems when the document is local. Thanks for your
feedback.
JW

Re: docx files in websites?

You may be able to get better support if an Office NG than here.
Office 2007 added new file types which are all in the openxml format and are
indeed ZIP files.

You may be able to bridge the difficulties that are occuring with these
documents by having the sites webmaster add the MIME types for the various
MS Office new file types to the server. The extensions to add are:
docx, xlsx, and pptx
The correct MIME type for these are all
application/vnd.openxmlformats

-Mike


"JW" wrote in message
news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website, linking
>to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over converting to a
>pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file. With the file on
>the server, however, it is treated as a zip file. Efforts to open the
>document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an older Word
>version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW,
>I'm trying to open it on a computer that does not have Office2007, but has
>the converter utility for .docx files from MS support website. I do not
>experience similar problems when the document is local. Thanks for your
>feedback.
> JW
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Thanks for the feedback. I cross-posted to an Office ng.

"Mike Mueller" wrote in message
news:OzbXlx$oIHA.4904@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You may be able to get better support if an Office NG than here.
> Office 2007 added new file types which are all in the openxml format and
> are indeed ZIP files.
>
> You may be able to bridge the difficulties that are occuring with these
> documents by having the sites webmaster add the MIME types for the various
> MS Office new file types to the server. The extensions to add are:
> docx, xlsx, and pptx
> The correct MIME type for these are all
> application/vnd.openxmlformats
>
> -Mike
>
>
> "JW" wrote in message
> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website,
>>linking to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over
>>converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file.
>>With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file. Efforts
>>to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an
>>older Word version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a
>>.docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open it on a computer that does not have
>>Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx files from MS support
>>website. I do not experience similar problems when the document is local.
>>Thanks for your feedback.
>> JW
>>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason
that Word documents are often placed into .zip files. If an IE user clicks
on a link to a Word document, IE will open the document within IE itself and
not within Word. The typical recommendation is to place the document in a
..zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE won't open a zip
file automatically since it isn't an "Active Document" that can be plugged
into the browser.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

"JW" wrote in message
news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website, linking
>to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over converting to a
>pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file. With the file on
>the server, however, it is treated as a zip file. Efforts to open the
>document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an older Word
>version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW,
>I'm trying to open it on a computer that does not have Office2007, but has
>the converter utility for .docx files from MS support website. I do not
>experience similar problems when the document is local. Thanks for your
>feedback.
> JW
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Mark,

Word along with the other mainstay office 2007 programs(excluding Access)
are all using an Open XML structure, and actually are zipped files


"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason
> that Word documents are often placed into .zip files. If an IE user clicks
> on a link to a Word document, IE will open the document within IE itself
> and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to place the document
> in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE won't open
> a zip file automatically since it isn't an "Active Document" that can be
> plugged into the browser.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mark Fitzpatrick
> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>
> "JW" wrote in message
> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website,
>>linking to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over
>>converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file.
>>With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file. Efforts
>>to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an
>>older Word version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a
>>.docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open it on a computer that does not have
>>Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx files from MS support
>>website. I do not experience similar problems when the document is local.
>>Thanks for your feedback.
>> JW
>>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Thanks, Mark. I got some feedback from the Office ng. Like Mike posted, the
docx files are actually zip folders. What's confusing me is that when I test
it locally on my hard drive, clicking on the link opens the Word document
file with no problems. When I upload it and click on the document link, I
get the zipped folder rather than the Word document. I'm looking into the
MIME extensions issue on the server, to see if perhaps that's the problem.

"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason
> that Word documents are often placed into .zip files. If an IE user clicks
> on a link to a Word document, IE will open the document within IE itself
> and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to place the document
> in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE won't open
> a zip file automatically since it isn't an "Active Document" that can be
> plugged into the browser.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mark Fitzpatrick
> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>
> "JW" wrote in message
> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website,
>>linking to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over
>>converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file.
>>With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file. Efforts
>>to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an
>>older Word version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a
>>.docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open it on a computer that does not have
>>Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx files from MS support
>>website. I do not experience similar problems when the document is local.
>>Thanks for your feedback.
>> JW
>>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

FYI: If you change the mime type on the server for "zip", then all "zip" files may open in Word for
users on the web site.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


"JW" wrote in message
news:%23zD9$THpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, Mark. I got some feedback from the Office ng. Like Mike posted, the docx files are
> actually zip folders. What's confusing me is that when I test it locally on my hard drive,
> clicking on the link opens the Word document file with no problems. When I upload it and click on
> the document link, I get the zipped folder rather than the Word document. I'm looking into the
> MIME extensions issue on the server, to see if perhaps that's the problem.
>
> "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
> news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason that Word documents are
>> often placed into .zip files. If an IE user clicks on a link to a Word document, IE will open the
>> document within IE itself and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to place the
>> document in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE won't open a zip file
>> automatically since it isn't an "Active Document" that can be plugged into the browser.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Mark Fitzpatrick
>> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>>
>> "JW" wrote in message
>> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website, linking to it from a
>>>webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open,
>>>save and edit the file. With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file.
>>>Efforts to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an older Word
>>>version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open it
>>>on a computer that does not have Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx files from
>>>MS support website. I do not experience similar problems when the document is local. Thanks for
>>>your feedback.
>>> JW
>>>
>>
>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Thomas

The suggestion I gave was to add the MIME type for DOCX, and not ZIP.

I did it on my developement site, and it is working for me in IE & FF-
Tested on Vista Biz w/Office 2007
Tested on XP Pro w/Word 2007 Viewer
Sample Document--> http://lfd.lannonfire.com/forums/FP-NG/Word-Document.docx





"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote in message
news:e8ycYYHpIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> FYI: If you change the mime type on the server for "zip", then all "zip"
> files may open in Word for users on the web site.
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> ==============================================
>
>
> "JW" wrote in message
> news:%23zD9$THpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, Mark. I got some feedback from the Office ng. Like Mike posted,
>> the docx files are actually zip folders. What's confusing me is that when
>> I test it locally on my hard drive, clicking on the link opens the Word
>> document file with no problems. When I upload it and click on the
>> document link, I get the zipped folder rather than the Word document. I'm
>> looking into the MIME extensions issue on the server, to see if perhaps
>> that's the problem.
>>
>> "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
>> news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason
>>> that Word documents are often placed into .zip files. If an IE user
>>> clicks on a link to a Word document, IE will open the document within IE
>>> itself and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to place the
>>> document in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE
>>> won't open a zip file automatically since it isn't an "Active Document"
>>> that can be plugged into the browser.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Mark Fitzpatrick
>>> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>>>
>>> "JW" wrote in message
>>> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website,
>>>>linking to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over
>>>>converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the file.
>>>>With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file.
>>>>Efforts to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can
>>>>"save as" an older Word version, then upload it, but is this typical
>>>>behavior of a .docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open it on a computer that
>>>>does not have Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx files
>>>>from MS support website. I do not experience similar problems when the
>>>>document is local. Thanks for your feedback.
>>>> JW
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Ok, however you indicated that the extension was .zip

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


"Mike Mueller" wrote in message
news:4A0E05E7-C6FB-48F4-960D-221CA57B4AF8@microsoft.com...
> Thomas
>
> The suggestion I gave was to add the MIME type for DOCX, and not ZIP.
>
> I did it on my developement site, and it is working for me in IE & FF-
> Tested on Vista Biz w/Office 2007
> Tested on XP Pro w/Word 2007 Viewer
> Sample Document--> http://lfd.lannonfire.com/forums/FP-NG/Word-Document.docx
>
>
>
>
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote in message news:e8ycYYHpIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> FYI: If you change the mime type on the server for "zip", then all "zip" files may open in Word
>> for users on the web site.
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>> Thomas A. Rowe
>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
>> ==============================================
>>
>>
>> "JW" wrote in message
>> news:%23zD9$THpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks, Mark. I got some feedback from the Office ng. Like Mike posted, the docx files are
>>> actually zip folders. What's confusing me is that when I test it locally on my hard drive,
>>> clicking on the link opens the Word document file with no problems. When I upload it and click
>>> on the document link, I get the zipped folder rather than the Word document. I'm looking into
>>> the MIME extensions issue on the server, to see if perhaps that's the problem.
>>>
>>> "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
>>> news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason that Word documents
>>>> are often placed into .zip files. If an IE user clicks on a link to a Word document, IE will
>>>> open the document within IE itself and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to place
>>>> the document in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE won't open a zip
>>>> file automatically since it isn't an "Active Document" that can be plugged into the browser.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Mark Fitzpatrick
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>>>>
>>>> "JW" wrote in message
>>>> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website, linking to it from a
>>>>>webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open,
>>>>>save and edit the file. With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file.
>>>>>Efforts to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an older Word
>>>>>version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open
>>>>>it on a computer that does not have Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx files
>>>>>from MS support website. I do not experience similar problems when the document is local.
>>>>>Thanks for your feedback.
>>>>> JW
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

I guess I may have worded that poorly-
*** The extensions to add are:
*** docx, xlsx, and pptx
*** The correct MIME type for these are all
*** application/vnd.openxmlformats

All of those file types are actually zip files, but they do not use a zip
extension. You can use a zip extracter (winzip, 7zip, etc) to extract the
xml documents that make up the document. That word document expands to 5
folders and 11 files





"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote in message
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> Ok, however you indicated that the extension was .zip
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
> ==============================================
>
>
> "Mike Mueller" wrote in message
> news:4A0E05E7-C6FB-48F4-960D-221CA57B4AF8@microsoft.com...
>> Thomas
>>
>> The suggestion I gave was to add the MIME type for DOCX, and not ZIP.
>>
>> I did it on my developement site, and it is working for me in IE & FF-
>> Tested on Vista Biz w/Office 2007
>> Tested on XP Pro w/Word 2007 Viewer
>> Sample Document-->
>> http://lfd.lannonfire.com/forums/FP-NG/Word-Document.docx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote in message
>> news:e8ycYYHpIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> FYI: If you change the mime type on the server for "zip", then all "zip"
>>> files may open in Word for users on the web site.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ==============================================
>>> Thomas A. Rowe
>>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>>> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
>>> ==============================================
>>>
>>>
>>> "JW" wrote in message
>>> news:%23zD9$THpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thanks, Mark. I got some feedback from the Office ng. Like Mike posted,
>>>> the docx files are actually zip folders. What's confusing me is that
>>>> when I test it locally on my hard drive, clicking on the link opens the
>>>> Word document file with no problems. When I upload it and click on the
>>>> document link, I get the zipped folder rather than the Word document.
>>>> I'm looking into the MIME extensions issue on the server, to see if
>>>> perhaps that's the problem.
>>>>
>>>> "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
>>>> news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a
>>>>> reason that Word documents are often placed into .zip files. If an IE
>>>>> user clicks on a link to a Word document, IE will open the document
>>>>> within IE itself and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to
>>>>> place the document in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded
>>>>> properly since IE won't open a zip file automatically since it isn't
>>>>> an "Active Document" that can be plugged into the browser.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Mark Fitzpatrick
>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>>>>>
>>>>> "JW" wrote in message
>>>>> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website,
>>>>>>linking to it from a webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over
>>>>>>converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open, save and edit the
>>>>>>file. With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip
>>>>>>file. Efforts to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess
>>>>>>I can "save as" an older Word version, then upload it, but is this
>>>>>>typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW, I'm trying to open it on a
>>>>>>computer that does not have Office2007, but has the converter utility
>>>>>>for .docx files from MS support website. I do not experience similar
>>>>>>problems when the document is local. Thanks for your feedback.
>>>>>> JW
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Re: docx files in websites?

Mike,

Thanks for the clarification!

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


"Mike Mueller" wrote in message
news:63736576-2765-4C79-8C21-DB6590E2241D@microsoft.com...
>I guess I may have worded that poorly-
> *** The extensions to add are:
> *** docx, xlsx, and pptx
> *** The correct MIME type for these are all
> *** application/vnd.openxmlformats
>
> All of those file types are actually zip files, but they do not use a zip extension. You can use a
> zip extracter (winzip, 7zip, etc) to extract the xml documents that make up the document. That
> word document expands to 5 folders and 11 files
>
>
>
>
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote in message
> news:%23v8Zd5HpIHA.3860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Ok, however you indicated that the extension was .zip
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>> Thomas A. Rowe
>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
>> ==============================================
>>
>>
>> "Mike Mueller" wrote in message
>> news:4A0E05E7-C6FB-48F4-960D-221CA57B4AF8@microsoft.com...
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>> The suggestion I gave was to add the MIME type for DOCX, and not ZIP.
>>>
>>> I did it on my developement site, and it is working for me in IE & FF-
>>> Tested on Vista Biz w/Office 2007
>>> Tested on XP Pro w/Word 2007 Viewer
>>> Sample Document--> http://lfd.lannonfire.com/forums/FP-NG/Word-Document.docx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote in message news:e8ycYYHpIHA.672@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> FYI: If you change the mime type on the server for "zip", then all "zip" files may open in Word
>>>> for users on the web site.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ==============================================
>>>> Thomas A. Rowe
>>>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>>>> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
>>>> ==============================================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "JW" wrote in message
>>>> news:%23zD9$THpIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Thanks, Mark. I got some feedback from the Office ng. Like Mike posted, the docx files are
>>>>> actually zip folders. What's confusing me is that when I test it locally on my hard drive,
>>>>> clicking on the link opens the Word document file with no problems. When I upload it and click
>>>>> on the document link, I get the zipped folder rather than the Word document. I'm looking into
>>>>> the MIME extensions issue on the server, to see if perhaps that's the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
>>>>> news:OGbsTCBpIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Did you verify that the file isn't actually a zip file? There's a reason that Word documents
>>>>>> are often placed into .zip files. If an IE user clicks on a link to a Word document, IE will
>>>>>> open the document within IE itself and not within Word. The typical recommendation is to
>>>>>> place the document in a .zip file so that it will be downloaded properly since IE won't open
>>>>>> a zip file automatically since it isn't an "Active Document" that can be plugged into the
>>>>>> browser.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>>> Mark Fitzpatrick
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "JW" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OhWSrr$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>I was asked to upload a docx file from MS Office 2007 to a website, linking to it from a
>>>>>>>webpage. The MS Word file was preferred over converting to a pdf, so that viewers could open,
>>>>>>>save and edit the file. With the file on the server, however, it is treated as a zip file.
>>>>>>>Efforts to open the document open a zip folder instead. I guess I can "save as" an older Word
>>>>>>>version, then upload it, but is this typical behavior of a .docx file? BTW, I'm trying to
>>>>>>>open it on a computer that does not have Office2007, but has the converter utility for .docx
>>>>>>>files from MS support website. I do not experience similar problems when the document is
>>>>>>>local. Thanks for your feedback.
>>>>>>> JW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>