Table text appearing as symbols and numbers

Hey guys,

I've just been sent a word document by a friend who has a deadline for a proposal and and most of the document has changed to a series of characters. I have tried all the typical methods to reverse this i.e. converting and reconverting from text and rtf, opening in a 3rd party work program, deleting final paragraph and extracting it in fragments into a new document, but alas nothing seems to help. It appears that the problem is stemming from the tables...

I have attached a screenshot outlining the problem. Any advice would be very much appreciated. 

Many thanks, 

Jeremiah.

The document may be partially corrupt. Have you tried Open and Repair?

Stefan Blom
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Last updated August 9, 2024 Views 397 Applies to: