Why can't I open my file?

Having trouble opening a file? It might have been saved in a file format that this version of Word doesn't support. Check the table below to see if that's the case.

Files you can and cannot use in Word for iPhone

File type	Open and edit	Open as Read-Only
Word documents (.docx)	Yes	Yes
Binary documents (.doc)	No	Yes
Word templates (.dot)	Yes	Yes
Binary templates (.dot)	Yes	Yes
Macro-enabled documents (.docm)	No	Yes
IRM-protected files	No	No
OpenDocument text (.odt)	No	No
PDF (.pdf)	No	No
Rich text files (.rtf)	No	No
Word XML, Word 2003 XML, or other XML files (.xml)	No	No
Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html)	No	No
Web pages (.mht, .mhtml)	No	No
Plain text file (.txt)	No	No
Works 6-9 documents (.wps)	No	No