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Anyone know how to open up an old Word doc? (Original Post)
bif
Apr 2017
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Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)1. Try this:
Takket
(21,703 posts)2. not familiar with macs but.........
does the word processing program have an import function?
http://osxdaily.com/2016/04/15/opening-docx-files-on-mac/
try this link
tblue37
(65,541 posts)3. There might be legacy apps available. I had to get a free legacy app to view a
10-year-old downloaded video on my Mac.
If all else fails, visit a Mac forum. I get a lot of questions answered that way.
CurtEastPoint
(18,682 posts)4. Upload it to Google Drive and open it there
Kablooie
(18,647 posts)5. LibreOffice works for me.
TexasProgresive
(12,164 posts)6. I use Open Office. It opens MS Office docs from 95 on.
That's including Word, Power Point and whatever the MS spreadsheet is called. And it's free.
PJMcK
(22,069 posts)7. I use Macs as well
Within the Word application, try opening the old document using the Open command in the File menu. Navigate to the old file and Select it. Click on the Open button. You may be asked which format to use; I just make a best guess from the selections. Good luck!