My Publisher is "out of control writing 'gibberish' code .........

[slowrunner]

How do i fix this problem. When I open Publisher 2003, it
loads and then begins to write what appears to be code.
It is out of control, writong this 'gibberish',and then
at the bottom, where the pages are shown, it loads page
after page of this dang crap?!?!? Does anyone know what
is happening to me??????? M. Slowruner R.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Has this always happened with Publisher? Have you tried to uninstall and
reinstall it?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Go here and scan for a virus...
This is not a Publisher issue
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[Mary Sauer]

Perhaps not a virus. After reading some articles it very well could be you have
speech recognition enabled.

To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods, as appropriate to your
circumstances:
Click the Microphone button on the Language bar so that neither Dictation nor Voice
Command is displayed. NOTE: If the Language bar is not displayed on the desktop,
follow these steps first:
Open the Regional and Language Options tool in Control Panel. On the Languages tab,
click Details under Text services and input languages.Select Language Bar, and then
click to select the Show the Language bar on the desktop check box.
On the Languages tab, click Details under Text services and input languages.Select
Language Bar, and then click to select the Show the Language bar on the desktop check
box.
Select Language Bar, and then click to select the Show the Language bar on the
desktop check box.

-or-
To turn off speech recognition, follow these steps:
Open the Regional and Language Options tool in Control Panel.On the Languages tab,
click Details under Text services and input languages.Under Installed services, click
Speech Recognition, and then click Remove. Click OK to apply all the changes. You may
need to restart your computer.
On the Languages tab, click Details under Text services and input languages.Under
Installed services, click Speech Recognition, and then click Remove. Click OK to
apply all the changes. You may need to restart your computer.
Under Installed services, click Speech Recognition, and then click Remove. Click OK
to apply all the changes. You may need to restart your computer.
Click OK to apply all the changes. You may need to restart your computer.

 

[Ed Bennett]

In addition, here is the response I gave to your post in .programming.

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from

Can ANYONE let me know what is happening on my Publisher
program (Office XP)

You could be running any version of Publisher, as it is unlikely that you
got Publisher with your copy of Office.

when I open it and all I get
is "code", written on pages, moving at a very quick rate
and not making any sense,(of course). Then at the bottom,
where it shows the number of pages that are being loaded,
it just keeps loading "pages and pages" of this "garbled
code stuff"!!!

It sounds like you are loading a document that Publisher does not recognise
as being a Publisher file. Hence, Publisher just gets the raw data from the
file (which looks like garbage) and is displaying it in text boxes, one per
page.
Are you trying to open a file?