Word Problem?

Question

Ok well i had to write a paper for school and i did it on the computer at school. I put it on a flash drive and brought it home and opened it up with word 07. Then i brought it back to school to print it and it wouldnt open. So i wen back home and it wouldnt open either. It brings up some weird translation thing and when i click ok it brings up this "¬”ÍNÃ0„ïH¼Cä;qR" random characters like that. I tried opening it with notepad but it didnt work. Help owuld be appreciated because i dont want to have to rewrite it.

Answer 1

This sounds like a corrupt file. What is the extension?

In any case, you will probably need to repair the file. I've included a link to one application that claims it can repair Word '07 files. I've also included a link to Microsoft's knowledgebase for troubleshooting corrupted Word files.

Good luck!

Answer 2

You created a document in Word 07 and probably tried opening it in Word 97. This is a compatibility issue.
Reverse the circumstance (Create in Word 97and open in Word 2007), you will see it will be open in "Compatibility Mode". This assures your document wont lose formatting when being read/edited in earlier word version.

Best results: use Wordpad (not Word, not Notepad).

Answer 3

If you recall, what software you used at school, you'll have to use THAT software to open again! A clue might e, the file's extension. Is it, for example, .odt? If so, then it's not a Word document, but rather, an OpenOffice document, and you'll need to open it up with that. There's lots of "proprietary" word processing programs floating about here and there. You may need to finger out the specific one you used at school.

Answer 4

You probably saved it as a "DOCx" file format, which is Office 2007's new file format. You can download a converter which will convert the file from "DOCx" to "DOC".

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx