I've always used '03 for convenience over the years, but Windows loves their forced updates and I'm not sure if '03 will still work when my computer updates to 11 in October this year.

When I Google the question, the AI response is that '03 will still work, it just doesn't have access to updates and some people say it occasionally says something like 'Not Responding.'

My main concern is the risk of losing years of work in the form of my computer no longer being able to open '03 Word files or some kind of corruption happening.

Am I worrying over nothing? Does it still work just fine? Or should I move all my work over to a newer word processor before October's update? I was thinking about LibreOffice (since it's free and similar enough to '03).

Thanks for any help :]