Microsoft Word files unreadable content

Tracy Williams 1 Reputation point
2021-02-25T20:12:38.467+00:00

I just upgraded to a new Macbook Air and loaded the new 365 office. My old files are moving through the cloud, but will not open in Word. I get the 'unreadable content" error with no resolution. The file tag is .docx I can't see any reason for this to happen.

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  1. Emily Hua-MSFT 27,526 Reputation points
    2021-02-26T07:24:42.897+00:00

    @Tracy Williams

    Please refer to JohnKorchok's reply to have a check.
    Please tell us which cloud service do you use?

    If your are using OneDrive and SharePoint, I suggest you share others who use MacBook to check whether they could open files.

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