Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.

Cannot open Word, Excel, PowerPoint files or email attachments in Office In such cases, Office may report the file as being corrupt. The exact errors may include: ...

Microsoft says that Word for Windows will soon enable autosave and automatically save all new documents to the cloud by default.

You can also have Excel open automatically. Disable Start screen and automatically open a blank Excel workbook By default, a Start screen appears when you open Excel (see the screenshot below). The ...

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.