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how do I recover a corrupted word document
I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. The
original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. Why does MS Word do such things? Where is my work? Help? |
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how do I recover a corrupted word document
Have you tried Open and Repair?
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Steve" wrote in message ... I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. The original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. Why does MS Word do such things? Where is my work? Help? |
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how do I recover a corrupted word document
Have you tried Open and Repair?
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Steve" wrote in message ... I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. The original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. Why does MS Word do such things? Where is my work? Help? |
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how do I recover a corrupted word document
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Steve typed: I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. The original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. Why does MS Word do such things? Where is my work? Help? Check the File Types and set it before you open the document. That may not help though; I've heard that 2007 can't handle 2003 and earlier formats; another MS screw job. HOWEVER, if you obtain a 2003 reader, or can install 2003, then you could do a copy/paste to the 2007 document. Do your testing with a small part of the document or it might take forever to do your testing. From Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...Word_2002.2FXP Word 2007 uses a new file format called docx. Word 2000-2003 users on Windows systems can install a free add-on called the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" to be able to open, edit, and save the new Word 2007 files.[14] Alternatively, Word 2007 can save to the old doc format of Word 97-2003.[15][16] HTH, Twayne |
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how do I recover a corrupted word document
In , Steve typed: I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. The original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. Why does MS Word do such things? Where is my work? Help? Check the File Types and set it before you open the document. That may not help though; I've heard that 2007 can't handle 2003 and earlier formats; another MS screw job. HOWEVER, if you obtain a 2003 reader, or can install 2003, then you could do a copy/paste to the 2007 document. Do your testing with a small part of the document or it might take forever to do your testing. From Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...Word_2002.2FXP Word 2007 uses a new file format called docx. Word 2000-2003 users on Windows systems can install a free add-on called the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" to be able to open, edit, and save the new Word 2007 files.[14] Alternatively, Word 2007 can save to the old doc format of Word 97-2003.[15][16] HTH, Twayne |
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On Jan 20, 9:53*pm, "Twayne" wrote:
, Steve typed: I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. *The original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. *Why does MS Word do such things? *Where is my work? *Help? Check the File Types and set it before you open the document. That may not help though; I've heard that 2007 can't handle 2003 and earlier formats; another MS screw job. *HOWEVER, if you obtain a 2003 reader, or can install 2003, then you could do a copy/paste to the 2007 document. That's completely backward, and anyway Steve is talking about Word2008 (for Mac), not Word2007. Do your testing with a small part of the document or it might take forever to do your testing. From Wikipedia *:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...Word_2002.2FXP Word 2007 uses a new file format called docx. Word 2000-2003 users on Windows systems can install a free add-on called the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" to be able to open, edit, and save the new Word 2007 files.[14] Alternatively, Word 2007 can save to the old doc format of Word 97-2003.[15][16] |
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On Jan 20, 9:53*pm, "Twayne" wrote:
, Steve typed: I have a extensive piece of irreplaceable fiction that I MUST recover. *The original document was created in Word 2003 but now I've upgraded to 2008 and the characters all come out squares. *Why does MS Word do such things? *Where is my work? *Help? Check the File Types and set it before you open the document. That may not help though; I've heard that 2007 can't handle 2003 and earlier formats; another MS screw job. *HOWEVER, if you obtain a 2003 reader, or can install 2003, then you could do a copy/paste to the 2007 document. That's completely backward, and anyway Steve is talking about Word2008 (for Mac), not Word2007. Do your testing with a small part of the document or it might take forever to do your testing. From Wikipedia *:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...Word_2002.2FXP Word 2007 uses a new file format called docx. Word 2000-2003 users on Windows systems can install a free add-on called the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" to be able to open, edit, and save the new Word 2007 files.[14] Alternatively, Word 2007 can save to the old doc format of Word 97-2003.[15][16] |
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