How do I open my old Word documents with Lion

I installed Lion and now I can't open my old Word documents.  Any idea how I can do this?

You'll want to get a newer version of Word or Pages so you can open them properly.  It's possible to open them with TextEdit, but the formatting is not going to work out very well.
You can download the latest Pages using the App Store icon on the doc (It looks like an A in a blue circle).
You can download the latest Word by purchasing it from microsoft.com/mac
You might get a better deal buying Microsoft Office 2011 from a retail store, but it's nice to get the software immediately if you need it right away.
Lastly, you could also get OpenOffice by going to openoffice.org  however it all depends on how much you use Word and whether that program will do what you need Word for.  The plus side, is that OpenOffice is free, but the downside is that both Pages and Word provide a more user-friendly environment (in my opinion) and are worth the cost.

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