How to open Word Documents in iCloud?
I have Word Documents in iCloud which will not open even though I have Word for Mac on my Mac
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Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
What happens when you try to open a document? What is the file format?
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They are Microsoft Word documents produced originally on my Windows computer (now scrapped) which I was able to pick up from my Drop Box.
They will open in Drop Box but not in iCloud Drive. Fortunately I have not lost them, but it would be good if I could open them in iCloud Drive.
Thank you for your attention.
How exactly are you trying to open them and what exactly happens, error messages etc.
I house Word docs on the iCloud drive, they open exactly the same as if they were on the local drive. (Which is expected as they are on the local drive)
I think that is probably the problem as they are not on my local drive. I transferred them directly from Drop Box to iCloud drive. The answer is to somehow transfer copies to my local drive. I will try this. Thank you for your attention.
Subsequently discovered I can double click on a file and send via download.....can then be opened by double clicking on file in downloads. Thank you both for your help.
How to open Word Documents in iCloud?