After converting to Word, immediately save as .docx to avoid losing formatting on future opens.
Microsoft previously offered a as part of the Microsoft Office Converter Pack (last official version for Office 2000/XP/2003). While discontinued, the converter still works on modern Windows if you install it manually. wordstar converter pack for microsoft word
If you have legacy documents from the WordStar era ( .wsd , .ws , .doc from WordStar 3.3–7.0), Microsoft Word no longer includes native support for them. However, with the right converter pack, you can still recover those files. After converting to Word, immediately save as