[Stefan Blom]

Ask the sender to send you a new copy. If the sender is using Word 2007, ask
him or her to save in Word 97-2003 format.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"82412" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I have already tried all the things
you suggested. Part of the problem is that this document was sent to me
as
an e-mail attachment in its present state, so from a purely technical
point
of view there isn't actually anything wrong with the copy I have, it has
been
saved that way. I guess what I need is a programme of some sort which can
read that code (if it is code and not just gibberish).


"tedmi" wrote:

I also don't remember if this exists in Word 2000, but here is the
sequence
from 2002:
In Tools Options General, turn on Confirm conversion at open
Open the damaged file through the File Open dialog.
When prompted for conversion, choose Recover text from any file
You may have to restore some formatting.
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TedMi