Hello. Dependinf on which word processor you use, you can download a compatibility pack for office 2007. From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ridge007 Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:13 PM To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accesscomp] Re: how to handle files with the .dox extension You can download the conversion utility from MS. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marcus Williams <mailto:marcus72@xxxxxxx> To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 5:56 PM Subject: [accesscomp] how to handle files with the .dox extension Besides upgrading to MS Word 2007 is there any other ways to read files with the .dox extension? Marcus