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

Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting to choose whether to open files in the online or desktop app, giving you full control for each file.

Close Word Double-click the damaged Word document to open it. Word will open the problematic document in draft mode and use the draft font instead of the document’s font.

To convert PDFs into Word files and on Mac, you should edit them with Google Docs or other third-party applications.

We outline four methods for recovering a lost or deleted Microsoft Word document–all hope is not lost!