Almost sounds like some form of language/character set/encoding conversion,
if you get my drift - that might make it show up as a bunch of weird
characters, etc.
If, using windows 7, in the start menu, you start typing language, there
should be something
like an option to set/change microsoft office language settings, and while I
haven't looked at this as such, you might find something there - as in, just
make sure it's set to the right language you want to make use of, and,
preferably the same one the older machine was using - as in US english, etc.
Alternatively, on something like windows XP, under control panel, there's an
item called something like regional and language settings, but also possible
office there also has it's own language settings - look under tools menu in
word, for either an item like that, or in it's options dialogue.
HTH
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Duncan" <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:43 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] converting files
Hi I recently transfered files from my old laptop to my new one. I just
went to one and tried to open it, it came up with the "windows can't open
this program until it knows what program made it" window, so as it's a
word document I sellected Microsoft word. I then got a window asking me
what conversion I wanted to use, I just pressed ok for the one that was
sellected, but now my document shows up as a lot of strange signs, numbers
and symbles. I don't know how to get it back to word format. Why has it
gone like that in the first place? I'd be glad of any help, iether I've
lost my document to some strange new format or Jaws has been on the sherry
again. <Smile> Thanks from Lori
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