Word Mac saving documents as PDF instead of docx

[Asp]

Someone is trying to send me some Word files.

The files have names like "file.docx", but in fact are PDFs.

 

 

I asked him to change the format, but all he does is change the filename.

I can go to his office and try to work it out, but he's using Word on Mac, not sure of version, and I have no experience with that.

 

Why is it doing this?

Will the file save format be somewhere obvious?

And how on Mac can you tell the real file format?

On PC I just look inside the file with the viewer in Far and see the PDF header.

 

I know I can convert the PDF back to text, more or less, but it's not an exact process, paragraphing etc. is not preserved, and we're going to be transferring dozens of files and I need it to be error free.

Edited February 16, 2015 by Asp

[Yzöwl]

The method of saving is no different to that on a Windows PC. (Microsoft if nothing is consistent in its approach across applications and platforms.)

 

Click File > Select Save As > Choose Word Document (.docx), [should be the default], from Format drop down. (see below)

 

Screenshot taken from Word in Office Mac 2011

[Asp]

Click File > Select Save As > Choose Word Document (.docx), [should be the default], from Format drop down. (see below)

 

Thanks, seems pretty clear. Hope I can explain this to him, as it turns out he's actually out of town.