Word 97 problem

[laura lyle]

I'll try to be brief.

I'm staying with friends and using their computer, a
Gateway G6-400 with Office 97 installed by Gateway.

When I create a file in Word and save it I lose all my
formatting when I reopen it and I get a bunch of extra
text at the bottom. I have tried looking in the
Tools/Options screens but can find nothing to help me.
Also, as an experiment, I opened a blank document and
saved it. When I reopened there was a bunch of text in
the document (it looks like the format info in words). I
don't want to mess with the system too much since it isn't
mine but I'm getting desperate. I hate having to retype
all my letters, resumes and other stuff everytime I open a
file.

Any ideas? Thanks much.

 

[Laura Lyle]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
Hi Laura,

Go to File/Open and change the "Files of Type" at the bottom to "Word
Documents" instead of "Recover Text From Any File" format.

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