Could be that the font used in the original file is not on your laptop and
Windows cannot find a substitute font to use.

Additionally, if you're opening the files directly from the CD or diskette,
try copying the files to the hard drive and open the files from there and see
if that corrects the problem.
--
Kevin Backmann


"SASMAN" wrote:

I have saved all my documents (word2003) to disc prior to purchasing a new
laptop. To date I have installed word2003, and sp2 update.
The problem occurs on about 70% of saved documents when I try to open them.
The result of this action is umpteen pages of small squares, which looks
similar to unicode format.
Any ideas what is the matter? I wasnt given the option to open with any
other format, and besides the files were definately saved as .doc files. They
do however contain an excel table (unlinked), although I am dubious that this
is the problem.

Thank you in advance.

Si Clarke