Microsoft word doesn't open the file

whenever i tried to open my document, it shows some kind of error. i also took a screenshot, so can anyone tell me how to solve this problem

I agree with the restart but let me come at this a couple of ways.
document in use - did u have multiple copies open / was the document residing in another location/do you have                                rights to the document
name of docu    -   what is the actual name of the document --- change it to test.docx see if that allows it to open
how was the document created
at times people rename documents, from one format to another and then change the second part of the name
EG,
test.wpf   gets renamed to test.docx    and the application cant open it
* do you have word on your mac (silly question) what version does it support docx
also
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4295093?start=0&tstart=0

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