# Office 7000 problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177 "2011-08-02T14:10:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![shaas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@shaas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shaas)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177/1 "2011-08-02T14:10:25Z")

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🙂 Perhaps I did it - in error!

How are the “docs” oriented -

is doc1 for Word?

Is doc2 for Works?

Somehow I goofed big time and desparate to learn this - honest!

shaas

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177/2 "2011-08-02T15:35:02Z")

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What is Office 7000?

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177/3 "2011-08-02T19:50:07Z")

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I’m not really sure what you are asking, but if you are talking about Office 2007 (or Office 2010) the documents will have a .docx extension. Earlier versions (and Works, i think) have a .doc extension.

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177/4 "2011-08-03T08:10:12Z")

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[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy;14092867Earlier versions (and Works, i think) have a .doc extension.[/QUOTE]  
Nope—Microsoft Works uses the extensions WKS (for spreadsheets), WKD (for databases), and WPS (for word processor documents). Support in other applications (including Microsoft Word) for these formats is poor, and conversely Microsoft Works doesn’t cope well with Microsoft Office files. The world would be better off without all these proprietary formats; fortunately there are open alternatives which are becoming more popular.

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177/5 "2011-08-03T21:03:21Z")

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At a guess, are you sure it’s just not the default names used for new documents? For example, if I create a new document in Word (2007, but the other versions are much the same), it’s automatically titled Document1 until I save it under some other file name. If I then open up a second new document, it’s titled Document2, and so on. These are just placeholders until I save the documents under whatever name I choose.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-7000-problem/591177/6 "2011-08-03T21:38:02Z")

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