I see Garbage instead of Word Document

[Shooter]

Dear Friends

When I open any word documents, I see this message "File Conversion: Select
the encoding that makes your document readable" then I have three choices
"Windows(default), MS-DOS, Other encoding". In Preview pane, I see garbage
instead of word document.

I have tried to open "open and repair" using word 2003 and 2007 plateforms
but the same problem.

Can anybody tell me how can I fix this problem?



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Muhammad Zubair
Network Administrator/Webmaster
National Textile University
Faisalabad, (37610) Pakistan
Phone 092-333-6525296

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the article "How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening
files" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Shooter]

Dear!

I have tried to open this file on multiple computers and using multiple
versions (2003, 2007). but all in vain.

Any idea?

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Muhammad Zubair
Network Administrator/Webmaster
National Textile University
Faisalabad, (37610) Pakistan
Phone 092-303-6706378

 

[CyberTaz]

If it's just this one doc it's possible that the doc is corrupt. A couple of
thoughts if you can at least open the doc:

1- Select every thing but the last ¶ & paste to a new blank doc;
Ctrl+A, Shift+Left Arrow, Ctrl+C is the easiest way to get it copied.

2- If that doesn't work try opening the doc by going into the Open dialog &
selecting "Recover Text From Any File" in the File Types: list.

There could also be font issues involved depending on the origin of the doc.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac