Having trouble opening a file? Its probably because it has been saved in a file format that Word doesnt support on your device. Find your device and then check the table to see if thats the case. Note:This article refers to mobile devices only. If you're having difficulty opening a document in Word on your PC see Open a document after a file corruption error. iOSAndroidWindows Mobile
File type Open and edit Open as read-only Word documents (.docx) Yes Yes Binary documents (.doc) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Word templates (.dotx) Yes Yes Binary templates (.dot) Yes Yes Macro-enabled documents (.docm) No Yes IRM-protected files Yes Yes OpenDocument Text (.odt) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) PDF (.pdf) No No Rich text files (.rtf) No No Word XML, Word 2003 XML, or other XML files (.xml) No No Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html) No No Web pages (.mht, .mhtml) No No Plain text file (.txt) No No Works 6-9 documents (.wps) No No File type Open and edit Open as read-only Word documents (.docx) Yes Yes Binary documents (.doc) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Word templates (.dotx) No No Binary templates (.dot) No No Macro-enabled documents (.docm) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) IRM-protected files No Yes OpenDocument Text (.odt) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Password Protected (Password-To-Open) Yes Yes Password Protected (Password-To-Modify) No Yes PDF (.pdf) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Rich text files (.rtf) No No Word XML, Word 2003 XML, or other XML files (.xml) No No Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html) No No Web pages (.mht, .mhtml) No No Plain text file (.txt) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Works 6-9 documents (.wps) No No File type Open and edit Open as read-only Word documents (.docx) Yes Yes Binary documents (.doc) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Word templates (.dotx) No No Binary templates (.dot) No No Macro-enabled documents (.docm) No Yes IRM-protected files No No OpenDocument Text (.odt) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Password Protected (Password-To-Open) Yes Yes Password Protected (Password-To-Modify) No Yes PDF (.pdf) No No Rich text files (.rtf) No No Word XML, Word 2003 XML, or other XML files (.xml) No No Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html) No No Web pages (.mht, .mhtml) No No Plain text file (.txt) No Yes (Update to .docx format to edit) Works 6-9 documents (.wps) No No Macros are preserved for .doc and .docm format. You cannot edit or execute macros. Have a question we didn't answer?Try posting your question in the Word Answers Community |