Opening a word document on e mail

i have an e mail that i must open but the attachments are in word.i did not purchase the word software and i need to open the e mail,does anyone know if i can open this e mail without purchasing word? thanks pattie

Hello,
do a right-click (or ctrl-click) on the file and chose "Open with-> TextEdit"
TextEdit will open the file, but some formatting may be lost. NeoOffice (www.neooffice.org) will open Word files with more complicated formatting too, and it is free (donationware). If NeoOffice is installed do a right-click (or ctrl-click) on the file and chose "Open with-> NeoOffice"

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