All about DOTX files
Word document template
DOTX – Word Document Template is Microsoft's template format for Word since Office 2007. As part of the Office Open XML family (OOXML, e.g. XLSX or DOCX), it replaces the older DOT format.
The difference to normal DOCX documents is that Microsoft Word automatically creates a new, unnamed document based on the template when opening a DOTX file. The original template file remains unchanged.
DOTX templates can contain predefined text, formatting, styles, headers and footers, and page layouts, and are often used for letterheads, invoices, forms, or form letters.
Last updated on March 11, 2026 by Sören Ramspeck with the experience of more than 128,397,467 converted files since 2013.
Convert, open and edit DOTX files
Details about DOTX files
- Software for opening DOTX files
- Microsoft Word
- LibreOffice Writer
- WPS Office
- Software for editing DOTX files
- Microsoft Word
- LibreOffice Writer
- MIME-type for DOTX
- application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
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