Creating Documents

Step-by-step guide to creating a valid OOXML document from scratch.

Required Files

At minimum, you need three files: [Content_Types].xml, _rels/.rels, and word/document.xml.

1. Content_Types.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Types xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types">
  <Default Extension="rels" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-package.relationships+xml"/>
  <Default Extension="xml" ContentType="application/xml"/>
  <Override PartName="/word/document.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.main+xml"/>
</Types>

2. _rels/.rels

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Relationships xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships">
  <Relationship Id="rId1" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument" Target="word/document.xml"/>
</Relationships>

3. word/document.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<w:document xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main">
  <w:body>
    <w:p>
      <w:r><w:t>Hello, World!</w:t></w:r>
    </w:p>
  </w:body>
</w:document>