MS Word 2002 document opens, but the text has been changed to y?

[Guest]

I wrote several documents in MS Word 2002, and up until recently all the
teext would appear as saved. Now for some reason, all the text has been
substituted with the letter y. Does anyone have thoughts on what might be
causing this, and a possible solution.

Thanks.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

My guess is the file is corrupt and gone forever.

 

[Guest]

So there is no way to do a repair? I have heard about a convert to text
function.

My guess is the file is corrupt and gone forever.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I wrote several documents in MS Word 2002, and up until recently all the
teext would appear as saved. Now for some reason, all the text has been
substituted with the letter y. Does anyone have thoughts on what might be
causing this, and a possible solution.

Thanks.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

If you have a bunch of y's that file is gone. Period. At least I've never
heard of anything that could save it. Have you tried taking the file to your
local computer tech company and ask them if they can do anything? It won't
be free tho.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

So there is no way to do a repair? I have heard about a convert to text
function.

My guess is the file is corrupt and gone forever.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I wrote several documents in MS Word 2002, and up until recently all the
teext would appear as saved. Now for some reason, all the text has been
substituted with the letter y. Does anyone have thoughts on what might
be
causing this, and a possible solution.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

I will give it a try. Thanks.

If you have a bunch of y's that file is gone. Period. At least I've never
heard of anything that could save it. Have you tried taking the file to your
local computer tech company and ask them if they can do anything? It won't
be free tho.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

So there is no way to do a repair? I have heard about a convert to text
function.

My guess is the file is corrupt and gone forever.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



I wrote several documents in MS Word 2002, and up until recently all the
teext would appear as saved. Now for some reason, all the text has been
substituted with the letter y. Does anyone have thoughts on what might
be
causing this, and a possible solution.

Thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

I think I would be inclined to update your antivirus measures too as this
does not sound like the result of any normal corruption.

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I will give it a try. Thanks.

If you have a bunch of y's that file is gone. Period. At least I've
never heard of anything that could save it. Have you tried taking
the file to your local computer tech company and ask them if they
can do anything? It won't be free tho.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

So there is no way to do a repair? I have heard about a convert to
text function.

:

My guess is the file is corrupt and gone forever.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



I wrote several documents in MS Word 2002, and up until recently
all the teext would appear as saved. Now for some reason, all the
text has been substituted with the letter y. Does anyone have
thoughts on what might be
causing this, and a possible solution.

Thanks.