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<blockquote data-quote="RalphClats" data-source="post: 1893849" data-attributes="member: 409128">Thank you for the offer. I have scores of old Word docs that won't open and hundreds of newer ones that do open. Just now when I went to my hard drive to send you a sample, the docs that won't open are listed, but they won't let me highlight them so I can attach and send.Several people have suggested my software is corrupted or the docs are locked. If corrupted, why does the error message say &quot;. . . uses a file type that is blocked from opening this version.&quot;? and &quot;If you can’t open a Word document that was created in an earlier version, first make sure the latest Office updates have been installed. Then, use the File menu to open the document. If that doesn’t work, use Apple TextEdit or an earlier version of Word to open it.&quot;? My Office is up to date. I tried the workaround and got the same error message.TextEdit opens them imperfectly. It scatters the text and adds irrelevant characters and lines of characters.Other(s) have suggested the docs are locked. I wrote them all in earlier versions of Word. I didn't lock them. They're not locked.If my Word was corrupt or the docs were locked, wouldn't the error message say that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RalphClats, post: 1893849, member: 409128"] Thank you for the offer. I have scores of old Word docs that won't open and hundreds of newer ones that do open. Just now when I went to my hard drive to send you a sample, the docs that won't open are listed, but they won't let me highlight them so I can attach and send. Several people have suggested my software is corrupted or the docs are locked. If corrupted, why does the error message say ". . . uses a file type that is blocked from opening this version."? and "If you can’t open a Word document that was created in an earlier version, first make sure the latest Office updates have been installed. Then, use the File menu to open the document. If that doesn’t work, use Apple TextEdit or an earlier version of Word to open it."? My Office is up to date. I tried the workaround and got the same error message. TextEdit opens them imperfectly. It scatters the text and adds irrelevant characters and lines of characters. Other(s) have suggested the docs are locked. I wrote them all in earlier versions of Word. I didn't lock them. They're not locked. If my Word was corrupt or the docs were locked, wouldn't the error message say that? [/QUOTE]

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