Finder/Spotlight does not seem to be searching the contents of docx files anymore. How do I re-enable this search function?

I used to be able to search the contents of .docx MS Word files in the past, but this feature suddenly stopped working.
Anyone else experiencing this as well and is there a fix?
Thanks.

Similar or same problem, with similar and same hardware/software.  This is incredibly frustrating given that for the last ten years we've been told not to worry about organizing our files but instead rely on tags and meta-data.
.docx files are found when no file content is searched.
When some content is searched, recent .docx files (last 7 days) files may appear, but nothing older.
Just to be clear, when any content is searched for, no .docx files older than 7 days are present in search results.
However, .doc files with identical content are found, as are PDFs etc.
Reindexing changes nothing.
MBP 15" 5,4  OS10.9.4
Word 2011 for Mac 14.4.2 (140509)

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