Install Open Office (it will coexist peacefully) and see if Open Office can open save file.
Bob
My girlfriends pc bombed out and her backup drive but i was able to save some of her data. I reloaded XP SP2 and Office 2003, when i open some of the word docs there is a box "file conversion" which opens with it and the doc is just code? I have tried third party software to try repair these docs with no success, can anyone help me please????

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