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Default how to recover a currupt file

Don't try to open it directly from the USB drive. Copy it to the internal HD
and then open it. Beyond that, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"mizzh" wrote in message
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I am on microsoft word with vista.I have saved a file onto my usb and tried
to open it again and the bottom half of the file is coming up in a series
of
numbers and letters. Corrupt? Can you help