Why do some of my documents appear onscreen as gibberish?

E

emelierice

I am technologically challenged. When I try to retrieve some of my
documents, hyroglyphics in the form of square o's and other symbols appear
instead of English. What does this mean? Can I change this from gibberish
to English? Am I doing something wrong? What is my problem? I have a
college degree, and sometimes I feel like my computer is smarter than me even
though I realize all it knows are zeros and ones. But I am stumped about
this. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
 
A

aidan.heritage

Are you attempting to open a file created in another program in Word?
This could be the cause - otherwise, is there any similarity in these
documents (file extension perhaps)?
 
B

brittdog

I also have seen the same behavior (Word 2000). However, it is sporadic -
usually happening when I attempt to open a document with graphics included
with the document (i.e. letterhead, table, etc.). What can I do to fix this
problem?
 
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