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 ...

(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 ...

For preservation, file formats matter just as much as the storage medium.

You can open or import a surprising number of file formats into Microsoft Word. Not to be confused with file formatting, which—in most programs—refers to the design of a page, file formats are little ...