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Old 04-04-2013, 12:17 AM
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Word 2011 is designed to be backwards-compatible with .doc files and should be able to open them. If it can't, either the files are corrupt or this is a fault in your Word installation. If the files don't open OK on other PCs/Macs, the problem is the former, otherwise it's the latter.
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