Using MS Word for Mac

• 1). Click "Go" at the top of the screen, select "Applications" from the sub-menu and double-click "Microsoft Office" folder icon. Alternatively, click the "Finder" icon on your dock, click "Applications" in the source list and double-click the "Microsoft Office" folder icon.
  
  
• 2). Double-click the "Microsoft Word" icon to run the application, and click "File" at the top of the screen once the application opens.
  
  
• 3). Choose "Open" from the File sub-menu, and locate the Word document in the Open window. Click the file once to highlight it, and click "Choose." Alternatively, double-click the Word document to open it in the application.
  
  

Using TextEdit

• 1). Click "Finder" on the dock, click "Applications" in the source list, and double-click the "TextEdit" icon in the Applications window. Alternatively, click the "Go" at the top of the desktop screen, select "Applications" from the drop-down menu and double-click the "TextEdit" icon.
  
  
• 2). Click "File" at the top of the TextEdit menu, and select "Open" from the drop-down menu.
  
  
• 3). Locate the Word document in Open window, and double-click the file to import it into the TextEdit application.
  
  
• 4). Click and drag the lower-right corner of the application window to expand the window, or click the green button in the upper-left corner of the application window to expand the window to full size.