What is DOCX?
Microsoft Word Open XML Document
The modern Microsoft Word format — an editable, reflowable document used for writing and collaboration.
Advantages
- Fully editable
- Rich formatting
- Widely supported
Limitations
- Layout can shift between apps
- Not ideal as a final/shared format
Best used for
Writing and editing before exporting to PDF.
- Extensions
- .docx
- MIME type
- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
- Compression
- Lossless