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📝 Overview of the DOCX format
Eric Doversberger edited this page Aug 14, 2025
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The .docx format is just a zip file containing multiple .xml files (and sometimes other types) that constitute a given file.
The document content structure is standardized on Office Open XML (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML).
To explore a .docx file you can unzip it into a folder ie:
unzip -d unzipped-folder my_docx.docx
Key files:
- document.xml: Contains the main document data. This is usually your starting point.
- styles.xml: Contains style definitions, often will be referenced from document.xml
- theme/theme1.xml: Contains theme level definitions
Super Editor imports/exports to/from .docx using SuperConverter
For import, see docxImporter.js
For export, see exporter.js