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hi,
recently typed up a project onto word (2007) for college and saved it into
documents, however after i re-opened the file on word and docs all the words
had changed into unreadable symbols and lines. i really don't have a clue
when it comes to computers and i would really appreciate it if anyone had any
suggestions as to how to fix this problem, especially as the paper is due in
a few weeks! tnks
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Steps to recover a corrupted Word document:
  1. Try opening the document in a different program, such as Google Docs or LibreOffice.
  2. If that doesn't work, open a blank Word document and go to the "Insert" tab and select "Object." From there, choose "Text from File" and select your corrupted document.
  3. If neither of those options work, try a file recovery program such as Recuva or EaseUS Data Recovery.

If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to ask.

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Default text has turned into unreadable symbols

Has the font type changed? Some fonts like Wingdings would be all symbols.

"sabrina66" wrote:

hi,
recently typed up a project onto word (2007) for college and saved it into
documents, however after i re-opened the file on word and docs all the words
had changed into unreadable symbols and lines. i really don't have a clue
when it comes to computers and i would really appreciate it if anyone had any
suggestions as to how to fix this problem, especially as the paper is due in
a few weeks! tnks

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Default text has turned into unreadable symbols

This could be because the document is damaged. Make a copy of the document
before you try the steps mentioned in the Microsoft KB document:

Click on this link to access it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918429/en-us

Since you said that you are new to computers, you can try these steps
mentioned in the KB article:

Method 5: Force Word to try to repair a file
Step 1: Repair document
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Open.
2. In the Open dialog box, click your Word 2007 document.
3. Click the arrow on the Open button, and then click Open and Repair.
Step 2: Verify that repairing the document fixes the problem
Verify that the strange behavior no longer occurs. If the strange behavior
persists, restart Windows, and then go to method 6.

Hope this helped

"sabrina66" wrote:

hi,
recently typed up a project onto word (2007) for college and saved it into
documents, however after i re-opened the file on word and docs all the words
had changed into unreadable symbols and lines. i really don't have a clue
when it comes to computers and i would really appreciate it if anyone had any
suggestions as to how to fix this problem, especially as the paper is due in
a few weeks! tnks

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Default text has turned into unreadable symbols

you can try this :

Method 5: Force Word to try to repair a file
Step 1: Repair document
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Open.
2. In the Open dialog box, click your Word 2007 document.
3. Click the arrow on the Open button, and then click Open and Repair.
Step 2: Verify that repairing the document fixes the problem
Verify that the strange behavior no longer occurs. If the strange behavior
persists, restart Windows, and then go to method 6.

KB Article:" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918429/en-us



"sabrina66" wrote:

hi,
recently typed up a project onto word (2007) for college and saved it into
documents, however after i re-opened the file on word and docs all the words
had changed into unreadable symbols and lines. i really don't have a clue
when it comes to computers and i would really appreciate it if anyone had any
suggestions as to how to fix this problem, especially as the paper is due in
a few weeks! tnks

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