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1. #MICROSOFT WORD WILL NOT OPEN DOCUMENTS HOW TO#
2. #MICROSOFT WORD WILL NOT OPEN DOCUMENTS SOFTWARE#

By doing this, you save the original file in case you have to restore it. This forces Word to re-create the global template file.

Unfortunately, this trick doesn’t help you with the oldest Word files. This Option includes renaming the global template file so that Word does not find it as expected when it restarts. These instructions work for docx and docm files, but you will not be able to open dotx and dotm files unless you are running Word 2007, 2010, or 2013. To open docx files, you need to have one of those versions of Word, the compatibility pack, or a Word viewer installed on your computer. Use the options at the bottom to indicate whether you want Protected view (you can open the document but not edit or print it-safest from viruses) or to allow editing. Docx is the default file extension in Microsoft Office Word 2007, 2010, and 2013. Turn on the Open checkbox for each file type you’d like your copy of Word to be allowed to open. In Word for Windows 2010, 2013, or 2015, open the File menu and choose Options click Trust Center, then Trust Center Options.

#MICROSOFT WORD WILL NOT OPEN DOCUMENTS HOW TO#

(Out of the box, Word refuses to open document types that could contain viruses.) Here’s how to proceed. You’d think they’d feel some obligation to maintain its ability to open its own documents, no matter how old.Īs it turns out, Word can open many kinds of older Word documents-but only if you make a few changes. The Word situation is especially bizarre Microsoft is the curator of the world’s most common word-processing format. But, instead of clicking OK, first select Recover Text From Any File from the Files Of Type drop-down.

#MICROSOFT WORD WILL NOT OPEN DOCUMENTS SOFTWARE#

That’s when our digital files become unopenable not because their storage media becomes obsolete, but because the software programs that created them are no longer available-or, in the case of Microsoft Word, can no longer open their own oldest documents. When the Open dialog box appears, select the troublesome Word document. Almost every, if not every, computer user knows. Microsoft Word offers powerful word processing and text editor features that allow users to easy create high quality documents.

My Scientific American column this month concerned a sneaky problem that not many people are paying attention to: file-format rot. A popular word processor that started with Word for MS-DOS in 1983 and for year is now a core application of Microsoft Office suite.