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Anonymous Coward
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Re: Opening document files

"Docx has no restrictions on content types."

Yes it does. DOCX cannot contain macros, DOCM can contain macros.

You also can't save it as a DOCM and then rename to a DOCX manually as it will no longer open due to a mismatched MIME type.

You could save it as a DOCM then rename to something else like RTF which may work, however I don't see how you can put a Macro into a DOCX unless there is a security advisory that has shown a workaround.

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