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 |
