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Google Docs might be able to directly edit .docx files now, but that is pretty new feature, and it doesn't surprise me that it's slow. It's a proprietary format
by geor9e 3y ago
Google Docs might be able to directly edit .docx files now, but that is pretty new feature, and it doesn't surprise me that it's slow. It's a proprietary format owned by Microsoft. The argument that software ought to be efficient is valid, but the example of editing a non-native format seems unfair. Any time you add emulation layers you should expect things to slow down.
Did you consider trying Microsoft's own browser-based Word editor? It's free too. And .docx is it's native format.
Or, consider doing a conversion to Google Docs native format first (you'll lose some formatting though, possibly a lot of it).
- gnabgib 3y ago.docx (office open xml) is an open published ECMA standard[0], and lots of other apps include support[1], including google which added editing without conversion in 2019[2] [0]: https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-376/ https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/st... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML#Application_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML#Application_su... [2]: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18304978/google-docs-sheets-slides-natively-edit-microsoft-office-word-excel-powerpoint https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18304978/google-docs-shee...
- eviks 3y agoBut you're not emulating, you're just parsing a file format, so why should you expect slow downs?