Search from the taskbar: Type the name of a document (or a keyword from it) into the search box on the taskbar. You'll see results for documents across your PC and OneDrive.

When you open or save documents in the OpenDocument Text (.odt) format, some formatting might be lost. This is because of the different features and options, such as formatting, that OpenDocument …

Learn how to search for and open files from your Microsoft Office app. Browse recently opened files and folders using shortcuts.

If a document is shared with you from a coworker, click on the link. In Word for the Web, use the Quick Access filters and search box to find and open the document you are looking for.

OpenDocument (.odt) files are compatible with Word and open source applications like OpenOffice and LibreOffice, but you might see formatting differences and some Word features aren't available in .odt …

On the Windows Home page, select Open, and select the document you want. You can search for your document by name, or pull up a list of doc you most recently worked on.

In Microsoft 365 for Windows apps, you can set your file open preference for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files when you open them from Teams or classic Outlook, as long as the file is hosted on …

Microsoft Office programs display the last few documents you opened in that program so that you can use those links to quickly access the files. This feature is turned on by default, but you can turn it off, …

Office lets you save files in the Open XML Formats and in the binary file format of earlier versions of Office and includes compatibility checkers and file converters to allow file-sharing between different …

Open and repair a document after getting a file corruption error, and see how to prevent file corruption in the future.