What exactly does Classic do on the Mac computers?

Hello,
I migrated from a lovely old iMac g4 a while back and now have an iMac running 10.6.8.
At some point after migrating everything over for some silly reason I decided I no longer needed Classic on this newer computer (I know, terribly foolish of me). Anyway I deleted it. Initially I had problems, mostly internet-related but also with a couple of special fonts that I use mostly for work in Quark XPress and Illustrator.
Fast-forwarding to now (about 8 months after the foolhardy act) things seem mostly ok (or I have just gotten used to them) but I've increasingly had problems printing Word docs (I am running an ancient version – Word X that came with Office X). Not only can I not print .docx files that others send to me, but now I don't seem to be able to print Word files that I have newly created (I can print the old ones however).
Just wondering if any of this has to do with deleting Classic. I realise now that I do not understand what it does.
As an aside, if anyone has a suggestion about what I can do to remedy the problem in Word, I would be most grateful (and yes, I have resaved the files with a .doc extension but with no luck) for the sage advice from the wider world.
Cheers

Just wondering if any of this has to do with deleting Classic.
Almost certainly it does not. Reason - Classic can not be used in Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), nor on any machine with an Intel processor.
I realise now that I do not understand what it does.
Classic is a specific install of OS 9 used when the machine is booted to some versions of OS X. As Classic, it is used as a program rather than as an Operating System, in order to provide a software environment in which many OS 9-only programs can be run. Classic can be used only in OS X 10.0 through 10.4, and only on PowerPC-processor machines.
It's purpose was to facilitate the use of pre-OS X programs. It did not enhance the usability or functionality of OS X itself.
So, not retaining Classic in migrating stuff to your newer computer was not foolhardy; it would not have been usable ata all.
Re using Word, I can't help with that. Perhaps someone else will post in with advice in that regard.
However, if you happen to have Pages installed on that machine, you might try opening one of the problematic Word files with it, then see if it prints.

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