College work jumbled, help needed!

HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
edited January 2008 in Hardware
Hai guys, my mum opened a word document this morning and here's a sample of what it came out like:

Large Cotswold Cobbles INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.stonemarket.co.uk/images/cobbles_boulders/triangle.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET
200-300mm waterworn and rounded
Cotswold Chippings Derbyshire White 10-14 mm
10 - 14mm pale grey limestone chippings
INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.stonemarket.co.uk/images/cobbles_boulders/largecotsbould.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.stonemarket.co.uk/images/chippings_pebbles/cc.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET


Is anyone other than me thinking: what the hell?!
there's some more stuff but since it's coding it won't display properly, but you get the idea.
Thanks in advance

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Did she receive it from Nigerian royalty?
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Yes, that's exactly where she got it from. They are personal friends.
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    I don't really get what the emergency is here... A word document isn't displaying properly?
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Yeah, it was some images arranged on a word document with some notes, and that's what came out when it was opened. It's college work and she kinda needs it asap.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    See, that makes more sense than your original message. Have you tried opening this document on multiple versions of word, redownloaded the original, or taken it to a different computer?

    How was the document received?
    How was it sent?
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    We don't have multiple versions of word at our disposal unfortunately. It works on my PC, but not the PC downstairs, on which I made a reply to this 2 days ago but apparently never got posted ¬_¬. It's on a memory stick, so it wasnt sent by mail. Hope that helps.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Reinstall her copy of office, or try OpenOffice.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited January 2008
    If this is an Office 2007 document you have to get the pluggins to open that kind of document on older versions of office.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    It's Office 2003
  • ThelemechThelemech Victoria Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    try OpenOffice.


    :thumbup
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited January 2008
    Harudath wrote:
    It's Office 2003

    Office 2003 also has a newer format then previous versions of office that can cause some compatibility issues.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Okay, thanks guys- Reinstalling Office now
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    Never mind, it's fixed- she was opening a Spreadsheet using Word ¬_¬
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2008
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