How can I open word documents in my mac?

I am trying to open some attachments sent to me which were written in microsoft word for windows 2007 in my mac word 2011 and it opens up a bunch of gibberish. Can someone tell me what I can do to open it correctly?

I have been able to open all Word documents sent to me with Pages.
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