If your Microsoft Word does not start, run, open or work properly, then these troubleshooting suggestions are sure to help you.

Open file with text recovery converter on Word (2019/2021) Actually, users using Word 2019 and 2021 versions enjoy the Open and Repair option to fix Word corruption issues.

Learn how to open and edit Word document without Word. Convert to PDF, open in Google Docs and Dropbox, use browser to open, etc.

However, in some cases, the document created on the Mac may not open on the PC. In these cases, you can save the document in a format that will be recognized by Microsoft Word on the PC.

Problems being reported with the latest version of Office 2004 -- particularly crashes at startup and inability to open documents.