Office compatibility pack

I installed my older Office on a new computer and just received an email with a Word attachment however when I go to open it get the following message

when I click OK I get this

Can someone please tell me where I can download the compatibility pack as I can't afford to replace my version of Office when it does everything I need for home use.

Thank you

Apparently it hasn't been available for some time now: https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-to-retire-office-compatibility-pack-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-520090.shtml, dated March 6, 2018, says, "Microsoft has silently updated the official download page of the Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file formats to state that the installer will be pulled next month." If you trust Softpedia, you can download it from them. Oddly, I installed Word 2003 last August (2018) and was still able to get the Compatibility Pack, so it must not have been pulled as soon as advertised.
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