It is possible to open old Word documents such as Word 2003, Word 2007, Word 97, etc., documents in the latest version of Word in the Protected View.

However, if you do not want to do that, you can always open PDF files in Protected View in Word. It helps you block any macros from running right after opening the file in Word.

Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting to choose whether to open files in the online or desktop app, giving you full control for each file.

The easiest way to recover an unsaved Word document is probably to just open up Word again. Here's when to do that, when not to, and how to find the lost docs.

We outline four methods for recovering a lost or deleted Microsoft Word document–all hope is not lost!

Updating the styling in old documents can be as easy as opening the file in the right Microsoft Word template.

Topline Portable Document Format files, or PDFs, are easily presented and exchanged across softwares—even Word—so here’s how to convert a PDF into a Microsoft Word document.

You can insert a PDF into Word via the File, Open menu, which turns the PDF into an editable document, or as a non-editable image.

Now Microsoft Word, one of the world’s most widely used word processors, is moving closer to that model, announcing that by ...