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Word 2000 not opening properly.

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by jtra

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Hi,

I've recently experienced opening Word 2000. When I try to open a work document which has been saved, it either does not open at all OR it opens itself but with strange characters.

Sometimes the document I just typed is lost and I can onlysee it in ~xyx.doc format (where tilde (~) is the preceding character), if this is the case then that particular document is corrupted.

WHY AND WHAT is causing this, is there a way I can fix this from happening at all?

please help. thank you

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by wmiked

There is not much info to go on, but from what you've said, I'd start by checking the hard disk. Run Scandisk to ensure that the disk is holding data properly. If that is OK, then either ensure you have all the patches for WORD from M'soft and / or do a re-install once you have enred you have backup of all docs and any user templates.

Good luck.

by dklippert

Word creates temporary files when ever you open documents. The start with a tilde. With Word closed, you can delete any files that start with a tilde ~*.*
When you open the document, make sure that the "Files of Type" box says "Word document" rather than "Recover Text from Any file"
Locate and rename or delete Normal.dot

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