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[Closed] Why can't I open Word 2010 documents with my Word 2016?

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So, we have a new laptop.

The old laptop has some documents i'd like to move over to the new laptop, however the old ones were created in Word 2010 & the new laptop has Word 2016.

When i attempt to open up the old documents on the new laptop it only displays odd square shapes.

Ta


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 2:58 pm
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Actually, the old ones are "WPS" files ????


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 2:59 pm
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I suspect they're Ms works format and you need this conversion prog:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 3:02 pm
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https://www.wikihow.com/Open-WPS-Files


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 3:10 pm
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Or use LibreOffice instead. It can open .wps files as standard.


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 3:15 pm
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Cos it thinks you are in the future?


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 4:55 pm
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I did drive it back from the shop @ 88mph


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 6:07 pm
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It's because Microsoft don't have a clue when it comes to backwards compatibility (see also MS Project).


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 6:12 pm
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I had some weird text box issues on MS Excel recently. It was because the font that the spreadsheet was created in wasn't on the computer I was opening the file with.


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 6:56 pm
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Sorted with wwaswas link, Many Thanks.


 
Posted : 10/07/2018 7:45 pm

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