Word cannot open native-format StarOffice .sdw files. If your
mom still has StarOffice, she should be able to open the .sdw
file with that and "save as" a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file,
which Word can open.

karlalt wrote:

I just loaded Office XP on my Moms computer. She used to use StarOffice. She
has a few files I saved for her and they will not open in Word. Can you
suggest what I may be doing wrong. When I try to open in Word you just a get
a bunch of boxes and weird stuff.

Thank You for looking at this for me

Karl Alt