Re: File conversion makes document unreadable

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I am very grateful for the response. I scanned the document with Norton
antivirus which was renewed 2 weeks ago. It is clear of virus from that scan.
I made a copy of the file and opened it up. I am afraid I could not find a
tab that could be set to Recover Text... when I ticked the 'open' tab.
Anyway, when the copy file was opened, the same gibberish appeared. I am at a
loss.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> This can be a symptom of certain worms/viruses. You should make sure that
> your A/V software is up to date, and scan for viruses.
>
> Make a copy of the file and try opening the copy using File - Open - set
> Files of Type to "Recover text...", do you see any viable text, or does it
> look like gibberish?
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
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> "shabir11" <shabir11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2C3155A8-6449-40FD-BA54-CBDB78725DF4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I opened a word document written last year. (I have Word 2003). It asked
> > whether I would like to have it converted. I ticked yes to the default
> > box.
> > It has converted to something which comes as boxes on a previously normal
> > word text. When I try to open the document, it says select the encoding
> > that
> > makes the document readable. There are 3 options, including MS-Dos,
> > default
> > Windows and Other. None of the options works to make the document
> > readable.
> > Help. Its an important document
>
>
>
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