Encoding Error in Word?

[ib_redbeard]

Hi,
I am trying to open a document that was last modified in December 2005.
From other people's memory (I wasn't here then) the document opened fine, but
now it does not. When I open the document, Word 2003 states that it cannot
open the file unless I download a converter and install it. The message was
roughly that as I didn't write it down - oops. Anyways, after it opens, it
defaults to Unicode (UTF-8) encoding. It looks like crap. Here is a sample:

"Account","Anniversary","Assistant's Name","Assistant's Phone","Billing
Information","Birthday","Business Address","Business Address City","Business
Address Country","Business Address PO Box","Business Address Postal
Code","Business Address State","Business Address Street","Business
Fax","Business Home Page","Business Phone","Business Phone 2","Callback","Car
Phone","Categories","Children","City","Company","Company Main
Phone","Computer Network
Name","Contacts","Country/Region","Created","Customer


It is not supposed to look like that. I have tried to repair the document,
but to no avail. ANy help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

It looks like a mail merge comma delimited data file?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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[ib_redbeard]

Hi Graham,
That would make sense. Is there any way to make this look "normal"? Thanks.

 

[ib_redbeard]

Oops, Stupid me. OK, I was told that this was a word document with fonts,
words, etc etc. I think I can figure this out, thanks for the tip.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The part of it that you have pasted looks 'normal'.
If you want to zip it and mail it to the link on my web site I will take a
look tomorrow.

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