Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.

Familiar file extensions, including the .doc Word default, sprouted an "x" at the end, and users who still relied on earlier Office versions discovered they no longer could open files created in ...

It is possible to open old Word documents such as Word 2003, Word 2007, Word 97, etc., documents in the latest version of Word in the Protected View.