PDF Files will not open in Internet Explorer 1. Press Windows Key + R combination, type put Regedt32.exe in Run dialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor .

As such, it could open a PDF file as long as the %PDF-header started within the first 1024 bytes of the file. There’s, however, a change in the scheme of things now.

In fact, Zamzar can convert Publisher’s PUB files to a wide range of formats, including Word (DOC), OpenDocument (ODT), PDF, HTML, Rich Text Format (RTF), and more. (See Zamzar’s Conversion ...

Will you be able to open today’s Word docs in 20 years? Probably not, unless you take some necessary steps to give those digital files an extra-long shelf life.

Office 2013 will, after years, finally fully support Open Document Format, Adobe's PDF, and, oh yes, Microsoft's own Open XML document standard.