Contents of Word document replaced by code/gibberish
Short background to the problem:
The computer was switched on, the affected documents (there are six in
total) were opened and added to without incident, the computer was switched
off.
The next time the computer was switched on, the six documents were in their
garbled state. They basically contain lists. The lists are in tables, apart
from the existence of the tables there is nothing remarkable about the
formatting.
On the same computer there are hundreds of other Word documents which have
been opened, modified and closed without incident before and since this
happened.
Spyware scans have revealed nothing.
"82412" wrote:
Sorry, my last post was slightly misleading. The Recover text from any file
procedure does still produce gibberish, but in fact it's different gibberish
(small sample below)
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I'm guessing that this is a very bad sign.
"82412" wrote:
The sender is using Word 2002, and in my copy of Word (2000) I have already
tried selecting the Confirm Conversion option followed by Recover text from
any file. It makes no change to the document.
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
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.
--
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
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