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The no longer so new MS office files (ie. ending with an x like docx, xlsx, pptx etc. are actually renamed Zip files. You can open them with your favourite zip app (if you rely on the zip app built into Windows get a proper one; I highly recommend 7-Zip). Just drag&drop it in or use the context menu to open a file as archive.
If you insist in using Windows’ excuse for a zip app you’ll have to add .zip to the file name to be able to open it?.
“What you can do with this information?” you might ask. I use it sometimes to easily extract embedded stuff like images, excel file within word files …
There loads of other file formats where you can do the same. Be adventurous. You’ll never know what you’ll find until you tried. What for instance with memoq or trados packages …
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