Why can't I read a .docx file?

I have an iPad running iOS 5.0.1 and I just received an email with a .docx attached.  Whan I tap on it, it tries to open only to get a message that it can not read this kind of file.  It can however read a .doc.  What's up with that?

Gar Benedick wrote:
Asatoran,
Thank you!  However, I am not using an app, I am using the latest version of Apple Mail and as I stated, I can read a .doc file that is sent to me, just not a .docx file.  If .docx started back in '07, why hasn't this been updated, or is it a Microsoft licensing thing?  Preview on my MBP can read .docx file, why not Mail?
As Dave and Gilh said, you should be able to open DOCX.  (And I tested an XLSX as well) on iOS5.0.1, which I did on my iPad1.
The file formats were introduced in Office2007, but it took a while for developers to update their apps to handle the Microsoft proprietary format.  And even now, they can't always open every document perfectly.  (i.e.: tables are not aligned properly.  Macros don't work.)
So in addition to what Dave said about resetting your iPad, also try opening a different DOCX file.  Preferably a "simple" file.  (Just one or two words.)  No macros either.

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