[Terry Farrell]

It is usually a symptom that the document has become corrupt. Has it been
save to some for of removable media since it was last edited as this is the
usual reason for corruptions like this?

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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Stan" wrote in message
...
Word 2003 & XP. Occasionally when I try to open an old document that I
have
opened before, instead of text I get a million lines of square symbols.

Does anyone know why this happens and can I retrieve the text? Stan

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