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Joao Rodrigues wrote:

> On 26/10/2014 12:20, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Joao Rodrigues wrote:
>>> .doc was the file format used in MS Word 97-2003, and .docx appeared as
>>> of Word 2007. […]
>> Simply wrong.
> 
> You don't know what you're talking about.
 
It's the pot calling the kettle black again.  Probably in contrast to you,
I have been there.  I have opened and created DOCX documents with a default 
setup of Microsoft Word 2003 back in 2006.  I have also created DOC 
documents with a default setup of Word for Windows 6.0 back in the 1990s.  
(Actually, the DOC format dates back even further.)

So, *everything* in your statement is wrong:

1. .doc was _not_ introduced with MS Word 97; see also the date in [1].

2. .doc has _not_ ceased to be supported with Word 2003; it is still
   supported (read/write) by the more recent versions of Microsoft Word,
   for example Word 2010 where the “File Type” in the “Save As” dialog is
   labeled in German „Word 97-2003-Dokument“ because the format was
   not formally specified before those versions.

3. Office Open XML and its subset Word XML (.docx) were_not_ introduced with
   Office 2007, but with Office 2003.  It only was not the *default* before
   version 2007 (probably because the Specification was not finished yet). 
   ECMA-376, that is based on it, was approved by the Ecma General Assembly
   in December 2006.

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[1] <http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/msword>
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Files Carter Temm <crtbraille@gmail.com> - 2014-10-25 06:54 -0700
  Re: Files "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-10-25 17:14 +0200
  Re: Files Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-10-25 19:34 +0200
    Re: Files Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com> - 2014-10-26 11:44 -0200
      Re: Files Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-10-26 15:20 +0100
        Re: Files Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-10-27 15:22 -0200
          Re: Files Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-10-27 21:54 +0100
            Re: Files Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-10-28 11:15 -0200

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