Word Document Sample Files
Microsoft Word documents are files that contain text and formatting, including images and various graphics. Microsoft Word files are generally used for Word processing. Generally, Word documents are either .doc or .docx files. There are other Word processors that can create and read these files, such as Libra Office and OpenOffice, but these are much less common than Microsoft Word. Check out the example Word document files below, which can all be used for free in any way you want.
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| File | File type | File size | Generator | Mime type | Download example file |
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| Microsoft Word Document Example File Download | DOCX Word Document | 12 KB | Microsoft Word | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
| Microsoft Word (2 pages) Document Example File Download | DOCX Word Document | 12 KB | Microsoft Word | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
| Microsoft Word (3 pages) Document Example File Download | DOCX Word Document | 12 KB | Microsoft Word | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
| Microsoft Word Document Example File Download | DOC Word Document | 27 KB | Microsoft Word | application/msword | Download example file |
| Microsoft Word (2 pages) Document Example File Download | DOC Word Document | 27 KB | Microsoft Word | application/msword | Download example file |
| Microsoft Word (3 pages) Document Example File Download | DOC Word Document | 27 KB | Microsoft Word | application/msword | Download example file |
| DOCX Sample - With Images | DOCX | 9 KB | PHPWord | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
| DOCX Sample - With Table | DOCX | 8 KB | PHPWord | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
| DOCX Sample - Multi Section | DOCX | 10 KB | PHPWord | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
| DOCX Sample - 20 Pages Lorem Ipsum | DOCX | 28 KB | PHPWord | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document | Download example file |
What is a Word document?
Word documents are editable text documents created by Microsoft Word. The modern .docx format is Office Open XML, which is really a zip archive of XML files. The older .doc format is a legacy binary format. Word documents are the standard for business writing, reports and any document meant to be edited rather than just read.
How these sample Word files were made
The DOCX files are built with the PhpWord library. They are designed to exercise the features that document parsers tend to struggle with: a document with an embedded image, one with a formatted 10-row table, a multi-section report with a title page, bullet lists and numbered lists, and a roughly 20-page Lorem Ipsum document. The table above also offers legacy .doc variants.
Technical details
A .docx file is a zipped collection of XML parts describing text, styles, tables, lists and images. The legacy .doc files use the older binary format, which is useful for testing backward compatibility.
Common uses
Use these files to test Word import and export, document parsing and text extraction, conversion to PDF, and how an application handles tables, lists, images and the difference between the DOCX and DOC formats.