How to open old Microsoft 97-2004 docs in Mac OS X

I recently upgraded to Mac OS X on my Imac but have many many important microsoft word 97-2004 documents that no longer open.  Can I reinstall this version of Microsoft Office to open my old documents?  Thanks in advance!

Will you answer my question please.
Did you pay someone to install Office without giving you the disk.
In the meantime you can Download the trial of Office 2011 for free, (you can download it from here) you can use it for 30 days, ask the vendor for your license code (you purchased it when you purchased Office), enter it in the trial version on your computer and it will become a full version.
The suggestion to use Mail for now is also good, and is the fastest way to get going as well.

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