Formatting information text added to document?

[kim]

I am having some difficulty with Word 2000. Beginning recently, every
time I save a document and then reopen it, formatting is not
retained. At the end of the reopened document, I will see some
gibberish characters and then what looks like formatting information,
such as:

Normal
Normal
Heading 1
Heading 1
Default Paragraph Font
Default Paragraph Font
Hyperlink
Hyperlink
Body Text
Body Text
Body Text Indent
Body Text Indent
Body Text 2
Body Text 2
FollowedHyperlink
FollowedHyperlink
cradmin1uC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\Application Data\Microsoft
\Word\AutoRecovery save of Chester Clippers Art Show.asd
cradmin1uC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\Application Data\Microsoft
\Word\AutoRecovery save of Chester Clippers Art Show.asd
cradmin1uC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\Application Data\Microsoft
\Word\AutoRecovery save of Chester Clippers Art Show.asd
cradmin1uC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\Application Data\Microsoft
\Word\AutoRecovery save of Chester Clippers Art Show.asd
cradmin1WC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\My Documents\Publicity
\Chester Clippers Art Show.doc
cradmin1WC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\My Documents\Publicity
\Chester Clippers Art Show.doc
cradmin1WC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\My Documents\Publicity
\Chester Clippers Art Show.doc
cradmin1WC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\My Documents\Publicity
\Chester Clippers Art Show.doc
cradmin1gC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\My Documents\Publicity
\Chester Clippers Art Show - Press Release.doc
cradmin1gC:\Documents and Settings\cradmin1\My Documents\Publicity
\Chester Clippers Art Show - Press Release.doc
.....etc.

(The document name in the above list is Chester Clippers Art Show -
Press Release.doc)

Is there any way to stop this from occurring to my documents? I
believe it started after I backed up my documents using the Windows
backup utility. I may have had Word open while that was running - I
don't recall, but this trouble began on the same day.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thank you,
Kim

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Kim,

In File=>Open check to see if the File Type at the bottom of the dialog has switched from 'Word Document' to 'Recover Text...'

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I am having some difficulty with Word 2000. Beginning recently, every
time I save a document and then reopen it, formatting is not
retained. At the end of the reopened document, I will see some
gibberish characters and then what looks like formatting information,
such as:

Normal
Normal
Heading 1
Heading 1
Default Paragraph Font
Default Paragraph Font
Hyperlink
Hyperlink>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[kim]

Thank you, Bob! I cannot tell you how upset I was thinking that all
of my files were going to be without their original formatting.

I appreciate the help,
Kim