Microsoft Office 2003 Support

[Frank Curtis]

My question: I understand the Microsoft will no longer support Office 2003 after April 2014. I have saved all my past backups using Microsoft Office 2003. Will I be able to open these on say, Microsoft Office 2012 or later? Also if I attach a Microsoft Office 2003 document to an email and send it to a person that only has this later version will that person be able to open it?