DOC viewer
To open a DOC file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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What you see
| DOC in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Shown | Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links |
| Not shown | Pictures, headers and footers, footnotes, comments |
| Refused | Word 95 and older, and password-protected files |
| Next | Convert to DOCX, HTML, Markdown or text |
| Extensions | .doc, .dot |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a DOC file?
In short
DOC is the Word format from Word 97 to 2003: a binary file inside an OLE compound file. Old archives, templates (.dot) and many forms still use it.
The document’s words and structure on a page: headings, paragraphs, bold and italics, lists, tables and links. Pictures, headers, footers and footnotes are not shown yet.
How to open a DOC file
- Add your DOC. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The document’s words and structure on a page: headings, paragraphs, bold and italics, lists, tables and links. Pictures, headers, footers and footnotes are not shown yet.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Drop it here to read it. Convert makes a .docx for Word, Google Docs or Pages.
Pictures in old .doc files are not read yet. The text and its structure are.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.