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Just give it a few years, and Windows will no longer be able to open that document or even convert it to a version that can be opened. It happened to me with some stuff I had archived from the '90s. 
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VM to the rescue (again)  
Virtual Machine with Windows XP and Office 2000, convert them and then change to Win 7 and office 2010...
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An interesting solution! I would've thought that finding a copy of Office 2000 would be almost impossible, but presumably it isn't for you to suggest this.
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I think I still have one laying around somewhere in the external drives.
And there is the internet archive... I suppose you can find oldies there too.
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If you have an MSDN subscription, you can download all the way back to Office 95 
There's even Windows 3.1 if you want to go all nostalgic
I think the availability depends on the subscription. (I have an Enterprise subscription)
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Didn't know... thank you.
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Microsoft blocks old file formats for "safety".  Those of us with a cynical bent might suspect that blocking old file formats was a push to get people to upgrade ... fortunately I'm not cynical ... 
In Word 365:
Click File --> Options --> Trust Center
Click Trust Center Settings ... --> File Block Settings
By default, file formats from the 90's are blocked. Read the instructions -- a checkmark indicates the file format/action is blocked. Uncheck any file formats you want to open. [This actually makes sense, although not at first blush.]
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I was trying to open stuff in PowerPoint'95, but none would open even after changing these settings (I have Office 2016 Professional but found them, so thanks for mentioning this).
A search turned up zamzar.com, which failed to convert them when I tried a few years ago. But this time they succeeded. 
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When I had that problem with some old word docs I installed Libre Office and it was able to open the old docs just fine.
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Haven't had that problem with Word, but Teams is pretty bad at this. I'm always struggling to find a place I can click on the caption to drag the window around.
I suspect there's some devs at Microsoft being told that everybody's running everything fullscreen (y'know...like you would on a tablet or phone)...so who still uses non-maximized windows nowadays, that you'd want to move around...?
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Yeah I also face the same problem with MS Teams.
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Yep, I know what you're talking about!
How about using Windows key + arrow in the direction of your other monitor (2 or 3 times)?
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It is windows key + Shift key + Arrow in the direction of the window.
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Oh, didn't even know that
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It is in my top 3 most used keyboard shortcuts, just after alt+F4 and Copy/paste.
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I never use alt+F4.
I use Ctrl+A and Ctrl+S a lot and of course Ctrl+Z/X/C/V.
Also Windows+L and Windows+E.
In Visual Studio I use a lot more.
Overall, I don't use a lot of shortcut keys though, although I'm using them a lot more than a few years ago when I used practically none.
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Sander Rossel wrote: I never use alt+F4.
Try it : Friday evening, hit alt-f4 frenetically until the computer shuts down. Very relieving feeling. 
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I enjoy the feeling when I press those "X" buttons one by one
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That changes the monitor, but not the position within the same monitor.
Vertical tide right side monitor 1 + [Windows + Left] = Vertical tide left monitor 1.
Vertical tide right side monitor 1 + [Windows + Shift + Left] = Vertical tide right monitor 2.
If with option #1 doesn't change to 50% of the screen, it is at least aligned top left, then [windows + down] makes it again 50% of the screen. Doing it again, lower 25%. Do it again than minimizes.
(I suppose that has changed lately, before you only needed one Windows + Down to minimize from the left 50% position)
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Thanks!
Works on Ubuntu too.
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Kevin Marois wrote: After coding apps for 35+ years
Strange. I never needed to code anything to make 'apps'. I make that sound automatically when someone punches me.
Kevin Marois wrote: I'm strugging to the the evolution in software we use these days.
That's quite simple. Apple has been going down that road for an eternity now. You are a dumb user and don't know what you want, so you have to be told by someone who knows exactly what's best for you.
The evolutionary step along the way was to serve their company's needs and not yours anymore. So what are you going to do, now that you have finally begun to see it? Blue pill and back into the Matrix? Or better the red pill?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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A trick that has helped me sometimes is to hit the "Alt" key to let the menu appear, then you have a more or less tiny but clean area.
Or as Sander said the combo "Alt+Tab" and "Windows + Arrow keys" to move between Monitors / Maximize / Minimize
But yes... since Windows 8 the things are getting worse with each "update" or "new Version"
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Kevin Marois wrote: to move controls off a toolbar
The ribbon´is now so full with features that an even quicker way to show essential commands was needed. Mwa ah ah ah. Next generation will have a side bar with buttons to move the window, since this is not possible anymore by clicking the titlebar 
Which version are you running ? My Word does not have this, and it's the latest desktop one. Maybe you are on the sh*tty 365 ?
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I think it's a strategy to get you to upgrade to a wider monitor screen. 1920 not big enough, upgrade to 2560 and a couple of years later 3840.
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I've got pretty much the same thing with the taskbar. So many pinned or running programs, there's no room to right-click.
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