Word 97 adding jibberish to documents

W

William Regan

Wod 97 has started adding jibberish to my documents. For
example:
bjbjt+t+
ë÷óëóëóýë
Normal
Normal
Heading 1
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 4
Default Paragraph Font
Default Paragraph Font
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
Times New Roman
Times New Roman
Symbol
Symbol
Times New Roman
Times New Roman
Carolina Rosas
Carolina Rosas
keith
William Regan
keith
William Regan
Carolina Rosas
Normal
William Regan
Microsoft Word 8.0
Carolina Rosas
_PID_GUID
{C6B2CB80-ECCF-11D6-83CC-000502D66066}
{C6B2CB80-ECCF-11D6-83CC-000502D66066}
Root Entry
1Table
1Table
WordDocument
WordDocument
SummaryInformation
SummaryInformation
DocumentSummaryInformation
DocumentSummaryInformation
CompObj
CompObj
ObjectPool
ObjectPool
Microsoft Word Document
MSWordDoc
Word.Document.8

What could be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Bill
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

In the File Open dialog, change the "Files of type" setting from "Recover
Text from Any File" to "All Word Documents." Any documents you have saved in
text format will be unrecoverable. As long as you have not saved them, you
will be able to open them in their normal condition.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Wod 97 has started adding jibberish to my documents. For
example:
bjbjt+t+
ë÷óëóëóýë
Normal
Normal
Heading 1
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 4
Default Paragraph Font
Default Paragraph Font
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan:C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03pr.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan=C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume Jan03gal.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
William Regan<C:\Files from Word\Marilou\Carolina Rosas
resume feb0203.doc
Times New Roman
Times New Roman
Symbol
Symbol
Times New Roman
Times New Roman
Carolina Rosas
Carolina Rosas
keith
William Regan
keith
William Regan
Carolina Rosas
Normal
William Regan
Microsoft Word 8.0
Carolina Rosas
_PID_GUID
{C6B2CB80-ECCF-11D6-83CC-000502D66066}
{C6B2CB80-ECCF-11D6-83CC-000502D66066}
Root Entry
1Table
1Table
WordDocument
WordDocument
SummaryInformation
SummaryInformation
DocumentSummaryInformation
DocumentSummaryInformation
CompObj
CompObj
ObjectPool
ObjectPool
Microsoft Word Document
MSWordDoc
Word.Document.8

What could be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Bill
 

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