Open DOTX File
DOTX files are used by Microsoft Office Word software to store Microsoft Word document templates. Document templates can include brochures, newsletters, business cards, resumes and much more. If needed every template can be customized and saved to a different DOTX file. DOTX files cannot contain Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. In order to enable macros DOTM files should be used.
DOTX file format is supported by Microsoft Word 2019, Microsoft Word 2016, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Word 2010 and Office Word 2007.
Software to open DOTX file
- Microsoft Word - document editor which is part of Microsoft Office package. This is best choice for opening DOTX files because all DOTX template features will be supported there.
- Office.com - online Microsoft Office software which supports most of the file formats supported by desktop Microsoft Office software.
- OpenOffice from Apache - free document editing software from Apache.
- LibreOffice from Apache - free document editing software from Document Foundation.
How to open DOTX files
Typical DOTX application file locations:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "%1"
Typical DOTX mime types:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
Frequently used application names to open DOTX files:
- Microsoft Office
Frequently associated Windows objects:
Word.Template.12