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A strange MS Word file
Name: winla Date: March 1, 2004 at 17:40:31 Pacific OS: windowsXP CPU/Ram: p4
Comment:
I just received a MS Word file attached via an email. It is 4.5mb big but when you click it to open, you just see two pages. It did pass virus check. Any comments/advice? thx a lot.
Name: Report_2 Date: March 2, 2004 at 02:47:58 Pacific
Reply:
Are the two pages filled with images or text? If text then ???
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Response Number 2
Name: ceri.sheeran Date: March 6, 2004 at 04:00:07 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I'd e-mail whoever sent it back asking them what it is, what version of MS Word is was written with and what it should look like.
If you don't know the sender or get no reply I'd delete it very quickly.
Ceri
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Response Number 3
Name: DBB Date: March 18, 2004 at 08:47:15 Pacific
Reply:
If you do a print preview of the file, are there pages and pages of blank space after the 2 pages? If there are, click the cursor after the last line of the actual document, hold down SHIFT then go CTRL - END. This should Highlight all the blank lines - just delete them. (If there are LOTS of lines, this might take a while - be patient)
Summary: Some users have experienced problems when opening some files... for unforeseen reason ms word is damaged and is not able to open any .doc file even a new ms word session (new document) but shows the "...
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