Re: word document with wrong encoding

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FWIW For what it's worth. Sorry about that!
"lenny" <lenny1097@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42d40fe8$0$19717$cc9e4d1f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maybe a slight exaggeration to get the point across but I would still say
> it is if you are paying someone to do it and the work is piling up as in
> this case, so once again, any thoughts (constructive of course) would be
> most appreciated.
>
> Interesting and funny your comment might be but absolutely no help to me!
> P.S. What does FWIW mean?
> Cheers
> Lenny
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u4tUKEwhFHA.3608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> FWIW, a document that can be retyped in an afternoon is not "massive" no
>> matter how fast you type!
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>> "lenny" <lenny1097@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:42d3bc26$0$19749$cc9e4d1f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi,
>>> I have received a word document that I am unable to open. It seems to
>>> have
>>> the wrong encoding and my word version is unable to open it (Word 2003)
>>> I
>>> have also tried opening it with all the different encoding options that
>> are
>>> available but nothing seems to work. I have also tried opening the
>> original
>>> document on the computer that it was produced on but the same thing
>> happens.
>>> I just can't open it. The person who produced the document is on holiday
>> so
>>> that is no help.
>>>
>>> Is there an alternative way of opening this type of document or is there
>>> another program that might be able to open the document?
>>>
>>> I am desperate as the document is massive and we don't want to re-type
>>> it
>> as
>>> it will take all afternoon. Thanks for any advice.
>>> Lenny
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>


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