2. Next, in the open Word window, click the menu item "Open Other Documents".
3. Select the Word document to edit in the pop-up menu, and you can see the words "Compatibility Mode" displayed in the status bar above.
4. Next, in the open Word editing window, we click the "File" menu in the upper left corner.
5. Next, in the open file drop-down menu, we click the "Information" menu item in the left sidebar, and then click the "Compatibility Mode" icon on the right.
6. Next, a prompt will pop up to confirm the upgrade to the latest file format, and click OK.
7. When you return to the Word editing window, you can see that the current Word document is no longer compatible, but automatically upgraded to the latest version.