Word document file open error- conversion dialog box

[Vijay]

Hi,

I had saved one word document on last friday. Today when i am trying to open
it, i am getting a 'File Conversion' dialog box. It is asking me to select
text encoding = 'Windows Default or MS-Dos or Other Encoding (with list of
items in drop down)

I am confused by this behaviour. I did not do any conversion or anything on
this file after i saved it on friday. Can somebody please tell me how to
resolve this problem. I had written a functional spec and am in trouble
because of this error..Pls help. Thanks in advance

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Vijay,

Did you save this to your hard drive or a removable drive that was inserted after the Word session started? You'll see that choice
when Word does not recognize the file as a Word document (i.e. it could be corrupted/damaged)

You didn't mention the Word version you're using but you may want to try the 'repair' choice in the Open dialog in Word.

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Hi,

I had saved one word document on last friday. Today when i am trying to open
it, i am getting a 'File Conversion' dialog box. It is asking me to select
text encoding = 'Windows Default or MS-Dos or Other Encoding (with list of
items in drop down)

I am confused by this behaviour. I did not do any conversion or anything on
this file after i saved it on friday. Can somebody please tell me how to
resolve this problem. I had written a functional spec and am in trouble
because of this error..Pls help. Thanks in advance<<
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*