[RGlade]

I created a word table in a new file, no big deal. I saved it on my desktop
and have opened and added to it several times with no problem. Now, when I
open it....it askes me to select the coding/encoding........I HAVE to have
this file, can anyone help? All other files on my desktop are okay.

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

That's usually a symptom that the document has been corrupted (or worse...
overwritten by a virus). Do you have a backup copy of that file?

If you open it using the "Recover text from any file" option, do you see
remnants of what you think it should contain?

And... are you absolutely positive that that's the file you've been saving
from Word?

--

Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"RGlade" wrote in message
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I created a word table in a new file, no big deal. I saved it on my
desktop
and have opened and added to it several times with no problem. Now, when
I
open it....it askes me to select the coding/encoding........I HAVE to have
this file, can anyone help? All other files on my desktop are okay.

[RGlade]

Well, I ended up recreating the file. I created it so i know it was a word
doc/table. I did not have a backup copy. Turns out, one of my coworkers
had the same thing happen. When it happened to me, i did end up rebooting my
computer and one of the two files came back. (I think I messed with the other
one too long and it couldn't be saved), anyway, I told her to reboot and
her's came back also. One was word and the other Excel. I wonder if it's
something our company is pushing to us that is "corrupting" or messing with
our files. They were all on our desktops.

PS. I tried recovering any of the text but it wouldnt.

Thank you for your help.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

That's usually a symptom that the document has been corrupted (or worse...
overwritten by a virus). Do you have a backup copy of that file?

If you open it using the "Recover text from any file" option, do you see
remnants of what you think it should contain?

And... are you absolutely positive that that's the file you've been saving
from Word?

--

Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"RGlade" wrote in message
...
I created a word table in a new file, no big deal. I saved it on my
desktop
and have opened and added to it several times with no problem. Now, when
I
open it....it askes me to select the coding/encoding........I HAVE to have
this file, can anyone help? All other files on my desktop are okay.