DOCUMENT TO HANDBRAKE TO CONVERT

I understand this may be urgent for you, Jonathan Bricklin.

Before we go further, please note that HandBrake is a third-party tool, and this is Microsoft Q&A. We don't have insight into how HandBrake works, so for problems with the app itself, please check its own documentation or community.

There may also be a small misunderstanding. HandBrake only works with video formats, so a document won't load in it. What you should use depends on what you want your Word file to become. For example:

1. Open the document in Word, then go to File > Save As (or Save a Copy).
2. Open the Save as type dropdown > pick the format, e.g. PDF, RTF or Plain Text.

If that isn't what you need, let me know which format you want and what you plan to do with the file, and I'll point you to the right tool.