All the words documents become unicode (garbage)

[Hau]

I can't read my word documents in my pc and other pc, all the words change to
Unicode (garbage), I had try to reinstalled the office 2000 std. but the
problem
still persisted. Someone can help? Thank you!

 

[Tom Ferguson]

Try saving the document under another name as a Word 6 or Word 2 format.
Next, close the document. Next, open the document using the new name.

You might have to install the converter pack available from microsoft.com
download site to save in either of these formats.

Let us know.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User


:I can't read my word documents in my pc and other pc, all the words
change to
: Unicode (garbage), I had try to reinstalled the office 2000 std. but the
: problem
: still persisted. Someone can help? Thank you!
:

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It's not exactly clear why you're equating unicode with garbage. First, are
you sure it's unicode? Maybe it really is garbage?

If all of your documents seem to have been replaced with "garbage," it might
be that that's exactly what's happened. There are several worms/viruses that
result in documents being replaced with what looks like garbarge. If that's
what's happened in your case... there is no fix. If you don't have
uninfected versions backed up somewhere, they are gone. Permanently.

Take a look here for some additional information:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/malware.mspx

 

[Hau]

Try saving the document under another name as a Word 6 or Word 2 format.
Next, close the document. Next, open the document using the new name.

You might have to install the converter pack available from microsoft.com
download site to save in either of these formats.

Let us know.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User


:I can't read my word documents in my pc and other pc, all the words
change to
: Unicode (garbage), I had try to reinstalled the office 2000 std. but the
: problem
: still persisted. Someone can help? Thank you!
:

How to save documents as Word 6 or Word 2 format? pls. help. thanks!