rejection becasue of docx

[trilob]

My article was rejected for submitting it in docx. I had transferred the article from my Word articles. One of the questions when submitting is what format it's in and one on the ist is doc. Should I only be typing the article directly on the submission page? Is there a way to bring it in from my Word files?
Thank you.

[Celeste Stewart]

Just save your Word document as .doc instead of the default of .docx. Go to the Word button in the upper left of your screen and choose Save As > Word 97 to 2003. The reason DOCX is not accepted is that the format is not widely used yet. Customers may not be able to open their purchased article.

[BarryDavidson]

Another way to help with that problem is to copy/paste the article to NotePad. You'll lose any formatting you have, but there shouldn't be that much fancy formatting in there anyway.

[Ed]

This is a good tip, but please make sure all formatting isn't lost if you choose this route. Paragraphs should still be single-spaced with double spaces between paragraphs.