How to open a Word 2010 document in Word 2003

In general, Word documents that you create in Word 2010 cannot be opened and edited in Word 2003 because Word 2003 does not recognize word 2010 files with the. docx extension, as shown in Figure 2010081301.

Figure 2010081301 Word 2003 does not recognize. docx files

To enable word 2010 documents to be opened and edited in Word 2003, users can download and install Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 file format compatibility packs on computers that have Word 2003 installed. The procedure is described as follows:

Step 1th, download and install the Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 file format Compatibility Pack.

Step 2nd, open the Word 2003 window, and click the file → open menu command. In the Open dialog box, select File type as all files, and then locate and select the. docx file, and click the Open button. As you can see, Word 2010 documents can be opened and edited normally by Word 2003.