How to open a document created in MS Word 97 - 2004

I have several .doc files created on my old PC using MS Word 97 - 2004
My Mac (Snow Leopard) can't open them. What software can I get to enable me to open these documents?

You can use Office 2004, 2008, 2011 on your mac to open them if you have one of those.
Alternatively the free OpenOffice or LibreOffice may be able to open them too.
You might also give TextEdit (in your /Applications) a try. It can handle .doc files but I don't know it's limitations.

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