Question about testing changes made to MS Word documents

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#1

How-dee!   I have a question about testing changes made to MS Word
documents.   Someone sent me a Word DOCX file that needed to be updated
and I managed to update it in LibreOffice Writer 7.1.5.2 on Ubuntu 21.04
Linux.  I wanted to test the saved file by loading it in MS Word.  Since
I don't have access to MS Office, I uploaded it to Word online using my
Hotmail account.  The document loaded but when I went to print it, the
generated PDF was pretty much trashed.

So, what's a good/reliable way to test changes saved in DOCX format in
Writer?   Is using Word online, as I did, akin to loading it in MS Word
2016?  I believe the document was last edited in MS Word 2016 before it
was sent to me.

Thanks in advance!

Peace...

"The Other" Tom

#2

What I did was install the free Word viewer.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/doc-viewer/9n69kfjds28z#activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Apparently, it's now called Doc Viewer.  I'm not sure how it compares with the Word viewer.

#3

Thanks for the reply and for the link!  I'll try it out!

Peace...

"The Other" Tom