How to unconvert a document?

[Guest]

I was editing a .rtf document in Word and the program began an conversion
installation automatically. All the document changed to squares characters.
All the documents saved in the pendrive changed too even if I didn't edit
them. I tried to open the documents in another computer but the problem
persists. I think if was the conversion, but I don't know what kind of
conversion Word made. If you can help me, I will very appreciated.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I don't think that was any sort of "conversion".

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Where the following says "floppy" read pen drive.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist! (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries, schools) this is a
tough prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new
formatted disk each time you save and don't do any editing.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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