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Strange format problem - Word97 1

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Edmee

IS-IT--Management
Dec 4, 2000
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AU
One of our users is experiencing a strange formatting problem in Word97. When first opening a document from Word (ie File | Open) the formatting originally applied to the document are not translated correctly, ie strange characters appear instead of header, footer,etc. After closing the document and then re-opening it through the Recently Used Files list within Word the formatting is applied correctly and the document opens without any problems. I re-installed Word but this did not solve the problem. Has anyone experienced this problem before?
 
When the user chooses File - Open, is the Files of Type dropdown list set to Recover Text from any File? If so, change this and all should be fine.
 
Yes, that worked a treat! Thanks very much for your help
 
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