How to Open Word Documents on an Apple Computer. Many Windows-based computers come with a version of Microsoft Word, the widely used word processing software.

There's no need to recreate your Microsoft Word macros when you move to a new computer.

However, in some cases, the document created on the Mac may not open on the PC. In these cases, you can save the document in a format that will be recognized by Microsoft Word on the PC.

Writer online word processor, with a look mimicking DOS-based text editors running on a green-phosphor display, makes it easy to create and return to a text file, with no sign-in.

Want to collaborate with PC-based colleagues? Here's how to open and edit those pesky .docx Word files on your Mac, iPad or iPhone, and how to save and export them in a PC-friendly format ...