Word documents in email attachments, how do I open them

My employer uses Microsoft Outlook and Word, etc.  When someone attaches a file to an email it is in MSWord, I used to be able to open it and use/read it.  Now I can not, I have upgraded to OS Maverick, is this the problem?  TIA

Do you have MS Office on your Mac? The latest Mac version is Office 2011.
If not, try one of the open-source (and free) Office-compatible productivity suites; I Like LibreOffice:
http://www.libreoffice.org/
If you already have Office on your Mac, then something more serious is afoot. Please tell us the kind of Mac you have, the Mac OSX version, and the version of Office you have.
One scenario: You had Office 2004 and Mac OS 10.6.8 when you could open Word files. Office 2004 only runs in 10.6 because 10.6 has emulation software to let older software run on an Intel Mac. That emulator disappeared with OS 10.7. If you upgraded directly from 10.6 to 10.9 Mavericks, that would cause you to loose the ability to open Office files.
The cure for that sceanrio: buy the current version of Office:Mac.

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