This is not correct: as I wrote in my previous comment, Word 2011 fir Mac dies 
open old Word 4 files, but not via the double click. You need to open the file 
from the File: Open menu.

Ben

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On 22/ott/2013, at 15:47, Guy Plunkett III <[email protected]> wrote:

> So the Windows version will open old Mac documents, but the Mac version 
> won't!?
> 
> On 10/21/13, Bruce Ryan wrote:
>> Hi G-list
>> 
>> Thank you for all replies and thoughts. A G-lister offered to sort it for me 
>> by on his old macs and their corresponding versions of Word.
>> 
>> But the answer was even simpler: 2 minutes later, he emailed 'I just tried 
>> it on my work computer running Windows 7 and Word 2010, it opened fine, and 
>> I saved it as the 97-2003 version.  Here you go.'
>> 
>> So huge thanks to him and raspberry to me - I have a Windows 7 VM, with 
>> Office 2010 on my Mac Pro. It just worked! (Once I'd sorted the trust centre 
>> settings.)
>> 
>> Bruce
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