Musical notes displayed in Word (office 2003)

[IMK]

Hello,
I have been sent a Word document as an attachement to an email from a
reliable source however when I open this Word documnet it is full of musical
notes.
I have spent days trying to sort it out to the point were I have met with
the sender and they have put the document on a CD for me but when I open it
in my PC (XP Pro SP3) it still is full of musical notes. Also as this
Document is from a Public Office it has been sent to many other and as far as
I know it is fine for them.

I have received many Word docs files from many sources and they all open
find, I also create many Word docs and send them to other and they are all
fine.

It is just this one doc from this one source that I can not read in my PC, I
feel sure this problem is it my PC but I can find what the problem.

As a last resort I just removed Office 2003 from my system, flushed the
registry, scanned for spyware and viruses. Re install office and I still have
the same problem.

Any ideas please IMK
Ps Sorry but posted this to wrong forum. But did get reply to uncheck
paragraph box but this this was not not checked (but did try to check then
un-check but it not help the problem)

 

[Stefan Blom]

Are you opening the document directly from a CD? Try copying it to the hard
disk first. If that doesn't help, and you are sure that the file is in a
format that Word 2003 can read, try the Open and Repair option in Word. If
you are still unsuccessful, maybe you could ask the sender for a new file.

 

[IMK]

Stefan,
Many thanks for your reply.
The problem is with this PC only as I have copied and open the DOC file to
another PC where I can edit the file in the other PC and save it, but when I
open the original or the edited version in this PC I get the same musical
notes displayed....
I have done a screen capture of the problem in a gif file I could send to if
but this disscusion groupe does not seem to allow uploads.

Any ideas please as it is driving me nuts.
Brgds IMK

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Is it a musical note or ¶?

 

[IMK]

an Hello JoAnn Paules and many thanks for your reply.
No not the one you have indicated but proper musical notes Crotchets,
Quavers, Minims, etc...
I think it is a code page issue or add-in is doing something wrong.
If I could upload the screen capture of the Doc page you could see for
yourself.
Again many thanks IMK

Is it a musical note or ¶?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Stefan,
Many thanks for your reply.
The problem is with this PC only as I have copied and open the DOC file to
another PC where I can edit the file in the other PC and save it, but when
I
open the original or the edited version in this PC I get the same musical
notes displayed....
I have done a screen capture of the problem in a gif file I could send to
if
but this disscusion groupe does not seem to allow uploads.

Any ideas please as it is driving me nuts.
Brgds IMK

 

[Stefan Blom]

That other computer--does it have Word 2003 too, or does it have Word 2007?
If the file is in Word 2007 format you will have to install the
compatibility pack for Word 2003 to be able to open it.

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

What happens when you highlight the whole document and change the font to
Times New Roman?

HTH,
PamC

 

[GMR]

I have recently had the identical experience -- a Word document from a
reliable source on disc that when I open appears as musical notes. I can
read the text by opening it in in Notepad but the document does not have
formatting, titles, headings etc.
Did you get a solution>

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