Microsoft 365 is the de facto option. But if you just need to open, edit, and create basic documents, you don’t have to spend ...

Familiar file extensions, including the .doc Word default, sprouted an "x" at the end, and users who still relied on earlier Office versions discovered they no longer could open files created in ...

Microsoft has refreshed and upgraded a number of elements in its latest consumer desktop office bundle. But a 2002 version of Word also is part of the package.

When you open a .doc file from an older version of Word in Word 2013, the label “ [Compatibility Mode]” will appear after the file name in the document’s title bar.

At its Windows 10 event today, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 for phones and small tablets (under 8 inches) will include free versions of the core Office apps that were designed for touch ...

Microsoft has started testing a free version of Office for Windows that includes ads. Right now, you have to pay for a monthly Microsoft 365 subscription to get access to the full desktop version ...

Microsoft says that older Word documents will always be opened first in Word 2013's compatibility mode. Documents can be converted into the Word 2013 version but Microsoft does advise that the ...