Open the DOCX in a text editor that will allow you to open it up(open Office will do it and itâs free), save it as a plain text file from there. Literally as simple as that. You can get Open Office here. Apache OpenOffice Just download, install, and open the file, and then save as whatever you like.
The only thing to be aware of is that Microsoft Word is proprietary ... (see Wikipedia articles on Microsoft Word and Open source) . There's a Windows application for converting text to Microsoft Word [ ]. Open source Excel spreadsheet [ ] is also available in a free version [download free version here]. Here's the free demo of Microsoft Excel [ ]. A free version of an open source data conversion tool is available. One of the key features of a conversion program is that you can customize the format of your data.