A file extension, or file name extension, is the letters immediately shown after the last period in a file name. For example, the file extension.txt has an extension of .txt. This extension allows the ...

(DOCument file) The default file format in a version of Word, Microsoft's word processing application prior to Microsoft Office 2007. DOC files use a .DOC extension and differ from text files (.TXT ...

Ever got stuck with a file that has some mysterious extension? Where no matter how much you try, the Jigsaw puzzle doesn’t seem to fit together? So, for instance, if the file has the extension ...

I was all set to put this “Windows Explorer Explained” series to rest for a while, but then reader Martin wrote in with a question that comes up a lot: in Windows 7, how do you reveal the hidden file ...

The DOCM file format was introduced in Microsoft Word 2007 as an improvement to the previous DOC format. DOCM uses Extensible Markup Lanugage, or XML, for better security, smaller file sizes and ...

Computer programs such as Microsoft Word are powerful tools for business owners to create and edit documents. Word documents have a .docx file extension representing the word processing program. While ...