Menu grayed out ?

A friend of mine sent a word doc to me and when I opened it with my 2002 ver
the Menu is grayed out [URL="http://www.arthurhewett.info/"]http://www.arthurhewett.info/[/URL] (practice site).
He probably has a more current verision than I have. Would this grayed out
be normal under those circumstances ?

2nd Question: can I upgrade Word & excel to the current version & where
would I go to get the info I need and maybe purchase a Home Edition (I don't
use it for business strictly home use as I am retired.

Thanks

(2) You should but Office2007 Home & Student at a store (some big
chains like Office Depot give a small discount from the list price),
because if you get it from the Microsoft website, you don't get the
disk (just the download), and if something goes wrong, it's apparently
a pain to get it fixed.

(Though the name 2002 suggests you're on a Mac, so you want 2008.)

((1) I don't think so, but I haven't used MacWord in several years.)

On Jul 31, 3:25 pm, Arthur H
wrote:
> A friend of mine sent a word doc to me and when I opened it with my 2002 ver
> the Menu is grayed out[URL="http://www.arthurhewett.info/"]http://www.arthurhewett.info/[/URL](practice site).
> He probably has a more current verision than I have.  Would this grayed out
> be normal under those circumstances ?
>
> 2nd Question: can I upgrade Word & excel to the current version & where
> would I go to get the info I need and maybe purchase a Home Edition (I don't  
> use it for business strictly home use as I am retired.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Arthur H