Microsoft office word not opening documents. Open word select file open browse then navigate to the file location. In office 2010 you dont need to select browse. The microsoft office opening problem does not occur through word excel and powerpoint. A damaged program file.
In some versions of word select computer browse in the files of type list all word documents select all files. A failure to open save or access a document hosted on a remote server often arising from a server timeout. It is a very common problem that occurs due to missing files or even some corrupt files as well. Youll most often encounter a microsoft word is not responding message for one of several reasons.
Doc files old and new are fine in file explorer. To make more memory available close workbooks or programs you no longer need. The path you entered filename is too long. I cant access docx documents from file explorer in windows 10 only from office 365 application.
Microsoft word not opening there are times when trying to open any word document leads to the same result. Microsoft excel cannot open or save any more documents because there is not enough available memory or disk space. So lets take a look at some steps you can take to fix microsoft office and not open word excel and powerpoint. Word documents not opening users often complain that double clicking a word document doc ordocx is useless.
The file could not be accessed. Filename is not valid. Dont open the file from the recent section. If i click on a word doc with docx extension in file explorer file explorer freezes up.
In the file explorer right click on a word document and then click on open with and follow the prompts to set word as the application to be used to open such files. In office 2013 select the location then select browse. Word for office 365 word 2019 word 2016 and word 2013 on the file menu select open browse.