If you only need to read a docx file, then there is no need to purchase Microsoft Office. There are many free programs nowadays that let you read docx file. You can even read docx online and it’s still free. If you prefer to use a desktop software than reading the file online, Microsoft provides a free Word Viewer program available for download at their website. Another free program that can read docx is TextMaker Viewer.
In addition to being able to read docx files, TextMaker Viewer also supports a number of other file formats like the ones created by Open Office or Pocket PC. For a complete list of file formats it supports, see below after the following screenshot. Another advantage of using this free reader over Word Viewer is that it has a much smaller size compared to Word Viewer (4MB vs 24.5MB).
The file formats supported by TextMaker Viewer include:
.docx, .docm Microsoft Word 2007
.sxw OpenOffice.org/StarOffice Text
.dotx, .dotm Microsoft Word 2007 templates
.rtf Rich Text Format
.doc Microsoft Word 6.0 up to Word 2007
.psw Pocket Word (Pocket PC)
.dot Microsoft Word templates 6.0 up to 2007
.pwd Pocket Word (Handheld PC)
.tmd TextMaker 6.0 up to 2010
.htm/html HTML documents
.odt OpenDocument Text
.txt Text files (DOS, Windows, Unicode, UTF-8)
TextMaker Viewer is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP and Windows 2000. There is an older version for users that still use older versions of Windows like Windows ME, 98 and Windows 95.
Download TextMaker Viewer from here to read docx without MS Office
Tags: Free Docx Opener, Free Docx Reader, Free Docx Viewer, Office Alternatives, TextMaker Viewer, Word Alternatives
