Just upload a Docx file to this free Web service and it'll convert it to the more universally compatible Doc format. Want to add a Docx converter to your Web site?

There are several ways to create a Word document from programming languages, including R Markdown and the officer package with R and the python-docx library in Python.

This post explains how to write to a file in Python. You'll discover how to create word files (.docx), spreadsheets (.csv), text files, and more!

A couple of months ago, we told you how to convert .docx files to .doc format without Microsoft Word. Hints readers remind us of a few more ways to do the same thing.