.doc help

=112= · 12-10-2006, 10:52 PM

i've been writing a paper for the past couple days, and all of a sudden when i opened my .doc file, all the text has changed to boxes. is there any way i can get my file back to normal!? thanks.

mechmike0034 · 12-11-2006, 06:18 AM

I have had success on occasion opening corrupted MS Office files with Open Office. Try downloading Open Office (http://openoffice.org) and/or Abiword (http://www.abisource.com) (both are free) and see if they'll open it.

You might also try Google Docs and Spreadsheets (https://www.google.com/accounts/Serv...2_lf ty&nui=1) or Zoho (http://writer.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp) though I've never used either one.

=112= · 12-11-2006, 08:23 AM

thanks mechmike, but none of those programs worked.

it did change the boxes to #s. any other suggestions?

Markel · 12-11-2006, 08:45 AM

By any chance, has the font been changed to something strange?

mechmike0034 · 12-11-2006, 08:58 AM

Make a copy of the file in question, change the extension of (rename) the copy from .doc to .txt, and them try to open the .txt file with Notepad...

=112= · 12-11-2006, 11:03 AM

no, the font still is at times new roman, but its all squares. i've also tried to rename the file and the extension, but the same results. i have never experienced this before. sucks, lost all my work.

ArkiStan · 12-11-2006, 06:35 PM

Sorry about that man. I remember it happening to my papers in college. It really sucks. Hope you figure out a way to fix it.

12-10-2006, 10:52 PM	#1
=112= Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 159	.doc help i've been writing a paper for the past couple days, and all of a sudden when i opened my .doc file, all the text has changed to boxes. is there any way i can get my file back to normal!? thanks.

12-11-2006, 06:18 AM	#2
mechmike0034 aka the keg killer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ala-effin'-bama! Posts: 2,738	I have had success on occasion opening corrupted MS Office files with Open Office. Try downloading Open Office (http://openoffice.org) and/or Abiword (http://www.abisource.com) (both are free) and see if they'll open it. You might also try Google Docs and Spreadsheets (https://www.google.com/accounts/Serv...2_lf ty&nui=1) or Zoho (http://writer.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp) though I've never used either one. __________________ "The price of progress is trouble." (C. F. "Boss" Kettering) "50% of the American public has below-average intelligence. 70% of the American public now has regular access to the Internet. Do the math." (unknown)

12-11-2006, 08:45 AM	#4
Markel Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 11,733	By any chance, has the font been changed to something strange? __________________ stay low... keep moving...

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12-11-2006, 08:23 AM	#3
=112= Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 159	thanks mechmike, but none of those programs worked. it did change the boxes to #s. any other suggestions?

12-11-2006, 08:58 AM	#5
mechmike0034 aka the keg killer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ala-effin'-bama! Posts: 2,738	Make a copy of the file in question, change the extension of (rename) the copy from .doc to .txt, and them try to open the .txt file with Notepad...

12-11-2006, 11:03 AM	#6
=112= Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 159	no, the font still is at times new roman, but its all squares. i've also tried to rename the file and the extension, but the same results. i have never experienced this before. sucks, lost all my work.

12-11-2006, 06:35 PM	#7
ArkiStan Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: Recession Central Posts: 5,898	Sorry about that man. I remember it happening to my papers in college. It really sucks. Hope you figure out a way to fix it.

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