MS Word 2002 all characters converted to ÿ

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don winiecki

In MS-Word 2002, XP Professional

At several times over the past six months, I've
experienced a corruption of files in which all characters
in the file turn to a 'ÿ' character.

Attempting to recover text returns an empty file.

How can I fix and avoid this?
 
M

Margaret Aldis

Are you working across a network? This corruption is often a symptom of lost
(or slow) network connection while working on a remote file.

Tools > Options > Save "Save a Local Copy" setting is intended to get around
this, I believe.

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In MS-Word 2002, XP Professional

At several times over the past six months, I've
experienced a corruption of files in which all characters
in the file turn to a 'ÿ' character.

Attempting to recover text returns an empty file.

How can I fix and avoid this?
 
D

don winiecki

No. I am working on a notebook computer (WinBook J4) not
connected to a network.
 
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