Scrambled word documents

[Lord Anubis]

Ok So I got Vista and Office 2007.

I make a msword document.

Save it as an Office 97-2003 document (.doc) so that it is readable on other pc's.

Then I email it to a number of pc's

ON SOME PC IT IS SCRAMBLED LIKE IN FUNNY CHARECTERS ETC ON OTHERS NOT

WTF is going on

Help pls.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Ok So I got Vista and Office 2007.

I make a msword document.

Save it as an Office 97-2003 document (.doc) so that it is readable on other pc's.

Then I email it to a number of pc's

ON SOME PC IT IS SCRAMBLED LIKE IN FUNNY CHARECTERS ETC ON OTHERS NOT

WTF is going on

Help pls.

Any chance they use Avast antivirus? I have colleagues who constantly have docs corrupted because of avast. Even SQL backup files.

 

[|tera|]

Any chance they use Avast antivirus? I have colleagues who constantly have docs corrupted because of avast. Even SQL backup files.

Which version of Avast? I've got 4.7 and I've got no problems at all

 

[Skeptik]

Isn't the new office based on a new document format now XLMST or some other markup language.

 

[PearlJam]

Isn't the new office based on a new document format now XLMST or some other markup language.

Yes, but if you save it in the 97-03 format it will still be the old .doc that previous versions can read

 

[Abe]

ON SOME PC IT IS SCRAMBLED LIKE IN FUNNY CHARECTERS ETC ON OTHERS NOT

Try and rename the file as a .ZIP and see if it opens. If so then Office 2007 is saving the file in 2007 format instead of the selected format.

 

[Lord Anubis]

Some Doc's Are Opening As Pdf's Wtffffff

 

[Juggy]

Download and install the M$ compatibility patch so you don't have to save it in another format.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displayLang=en