Just try it!Īn additional advice: If you decide to switch to LibO at least with your private sector you should consider converting your old documents into the standard format of LibO (.odt instead of. You can: Add Office files to Google Drive.
Being a member of a working group relying on MS software you might be pressurised to accept the famous MS close-in. In Google Workspace, you can still work with Microsoft Office files, even if you dont have Office installed.
Re: Microsoft Word file (.docx) Online will not open in Edge and chrome on Dropbox on my windows. I virtually never do that, but I would expect some errors. Any word files uploaded on my dropbox drive (online) are not opening with Word for web but when I open them with google docs it works fine. I cannot report of actual problems.Īnother thing is editing such documents and then save them again in the ‘alien’ format. Select the file you want, select the Open drop-down arrow, then choose Open and Repair. Don't open the file from the Recent section.
Having no ‘Word’ and no ‘Excel’ I open these documents always with LibO. How to Open a Damaged Word File Open Word, select File > Open > Browse, then navigate to the file location. Scroll to the bottom of the options and click File Locations. Exit Excel or Word and then try to view the. You should now be able to double-click a Word document in Windows Explorer and have it open the actual document. Click OK to close the Folder Options dialog box. Click OK to close the Edit File Type dialog box.
Click OK to close the Editing Action dialog box. In Word 2010 or a later version display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) Click Advanced at the left of the dialog box. Go to File Options Trust Center Trust Center Settings button 2. Make sure the Topic box contains the word System. If you get rendered and handled every format and some other specifics in exactly the same way as Word or Excel did it, is another question and seems doubtable.Īs many users of LibO I often get documents from my contacts created and/or edited with MS ‘Word’ or ‘Excel’. (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. As from my few experiences, it may do that even better than recent MS apps. However, LibreOffice will most likely open your old documents. MS do a lot of strange things, but do they actually sell expiring MS-Office licenses?