strange characters in document

[sjarrell]

Documents suddenly become unreadable---as if a virus has changed all the
characters in the document. Some of the text of a document is below.

F:tàú{T güý*ä > Z F:tàú{T güý*ä > ` .2 # Ê`ar `
.2 # }4ò² 2bEY`0y㌠<4ÙL1žxf ù~UB[ISUµ ZÇ5 ƒé @' œÓòõ_
ìup Uýj ß òõ_ ìup Uýj çñ5 ER%èr;g?/=Gzvw % v
B ($ü bnã'p g T % v ÆdÞÞPU Ë à ÆdÞÞPU
Ë à ŒRnUÔn8 ' Ü~: muw]üûz }0Ä1ÀÚ2 Cní; 4µÚh ,0 Ó d~œÕxvDÈ
àNí; 4µÚh ,0 Ó d~œÕx m `sÓ<})imuWÿ+ m `sÓ<})imuWÿ+ +Æ 77H#ŸÈS
ztôëIo}K í ,+Æ 77H#ŸÈS ztôëIo})~yU 7 NGE²þ,gð ò )~yU 7
NGE²þ,gð d

 

[Jezebel]

That's a document opened as if it were plain text. Check the 'Files of type'
setting on the File > Open dialog.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Doesn't look like "Plain text" to me; there's an example of that phenomenon
at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/RecoverText.htm

That's a document opened as if it were plain text. Check the 'Files of type'
setting on the File > Open dialog.

Documents suddenly become unreadable---as if a virus has changed all the
characters in the document. Some of the text of a document is below.

F:tàú{T güý*ä > Z F:tàú{T güý*ä > ` .2 # Ê`ar `
.2 # }4ò² 2bEY`0yãO <4ÙL1zxf ù~UB[ISUµ ZÇ5 fé @' oÓòõ_
ìup Uýj ß òõ_ ìup Uýj çñ5 ER%èr;g?/=Gzvw % v
B ($ü bnã'p g T % v ÆdÞÞPU Ë Ð ÆdÞÞPU
Ë Ð ORnUÔn8 ' Ü~: muw]üûz }0Ä1ÀÚ2 Cní; 4µÚh ,0 Ó d~oÕxvDÈ
àNí; 4µÚh ,0 Ó d~oÕx m `sÓ<})imuWÿ+ m `sÓ<})imuWÿ+ +Æ 77H#YÈS
ztôëIo}K í ,+Æ 77H#YÈS ztôëIo})~yU 7 NGE²þ,gð ò )~yU 7
NGE²þ,gð d