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

Microsoft 365 is the de facto option. But if you just need to open, edit, and create basic documents, you don’t have to spend anything.

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.

Writer online word processor, with a look mimicking DOS-based text editors running on a green-phosphor display, makes it easy to create and return to a text file, with no sign-in.

Microsoft has announced that Word for Windows will now save new files to OneDrive or preferred cloud storage automatically.

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.