If you get The file is corrupt and cannot be opened error while opening a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, you need to disable Protected View, and unblock the file ...

Fix Word cannot open the file because the file format does not match the file extension error by following the solutions laid down in this post.

We have Vista Home Basic running Word 8. No one is able to open our Windows Mail email attachments sent in Word. Why should this be? We also have difficulty opening many of our in-coming e-mail ...