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Using non-proprietary document format

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Mar 15, 2026858 views
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I am going to be migrating to Xubuntu; I have a question on docx formats. I have quite a few hundred proprietary docx files. I want to be able edit them w/o the formatting getting destroyed and rendering unreadable in Office. Would it be best to convert these to a completely different format? If so…

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The file format .docx controversially slipped through the standardization process, being declared an open standard on November 2008 called Open Office XML. It is still apparently patent encumbered, however. Richard stallman who I would consider an a…

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