[dupertrooper]

Umm but you can’t find a current version of Word that actually does that. Try it sometime.

[EvanAnderson]

Here's a rather large (5MB) vintage 1996 Microsoft Word document: https://archive.org/download/cd-pn-0527a/CD_ROM.ISO/APPENDIX...

That file opens and appears to render just fine for me in Word 2016.

This has been my experience w/ Office files in general. Old files open and render very well in newer versions.

[weinzierl]

The point made above was "opens exactly as expected". So, does it look like the authors intended in 1996? I doubt it.

[judge2020]

Was able to do it just fine with these government files[0,1] I found on Google. Word version 16.82 on Mac (Apple Silicon too).

0: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm....

1: https://archive.ada.gov/briefs/andersbr.doc

[weinzierl]

The point made above was "opens exactly as expected". So, does it look like the authors intended in 1996? I doubt it.