How to Open a Word for Mac Document in Microsoft Word for PC

Documents created in Microsoft Office for Mac are generally compatible with Microsoft Office for PC. Both Office for Mac and Office for PC are Microsoft products and, in most cases, you simply double-click on the Mac Office document to open the document in Office on the PC. However, in some cases, the document created on the Mac may not open on the PC. In these cases, you can save the document in a format that will be recognized by Microsoft Word on the PC. Save the document in the “Rich Text Format” and the document that was created on the Mac will open in Word on the PC.

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   Open the document in Word on the Mac.

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   Click the “File” option on the top toolbar, and then click the “Save As” option.

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   Type a new name for the file, if desired. Otherwise, the default name will be the name given to the document in Word on the Mac.

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   Click the “Save as Type” drop-down menu and click the “Rich Text Format” option. Click the “Save” button. The file is saved with the RTF file extension.

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   Copy the RTF file to the Windows computer. Right-click on the RTF file and click “Open With.” Click “Microsoft Office Word.” The RTF document will open in Microsoft Word on the PC.