Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Apps and Programs
Open Old Word Docs
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="jpdemers" data-source="post: 1894438" data-attributes="member: 117810"><p>I just solved the problem by opening the affected files with OpenOffice (a free download), and saving as either .rtf or .odt files. The latter would seem to be preferred if you have elaborate formatting (styles, paragraph numbers, columns, etc.); the former is more universally readable, but that may not matter if you aren't sharing the files with other people.</p><p></p><p>Once it's saved in either of these formats, Word can open it without trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpdemers, post: 1894438, member: 117810"] I just solved the problem by opening the affected files with OpenOffice (a free download), and saving as either .rtf or .odt files. The latter would seem to be preferred if you have elaborate formatting (styles, paragraph numbers, columns, etc.); the former is more universally readable, but that may not matter if you aren't sharing the files with other people. Once it's saved in either of these formats, Word can open it without trouble. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Name this item. 🍎
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Apps and Programs
Open Old Word Docs
Top
