Locate the .doc file you want to open on the computer's hard drive, highlight it and click the "Open" button to open the document in the WordPad program.

How to Actually Open a New Google Doc Quickly Just one little thing to type or bookmark, and you'll have a fresh document in front of you.

2. Click the down arrow beside the File Types list box (above the Open and Cancel buttons) 3. Select All Files from the list, and Word displays a long list of conversion-compatible file formats.

Sometimes a visual element is the best way to make a point and it's simple to add a variety of them to a Google Doc file.

Editing a .docx file on Mac This one’s easy. A .docx file will open quite happily in Word for Mac, of course, but it can also be edited in Pages, the nearest thing to a first-party Apple equivalent.

Learn which third-party sites and services give you the ability to print an envelope on the web or with Google Docs.

You can open a Microsoft Word document in Pages if you don't have Word on your Mac computer. Here's how to do it.