Gobbledegook

[Realist78]

Hi all, I'm simply moving a word document between my main pc and the laptop via a pendrive. When I open the doc on the laptop it opens as a load of gibberish, any ideas as to why? TIA
R78

example - …9yüiÏŽžTm´ƒƒYƒØŽT‘ÀŒ©PN#ÒœÑ=ÊD|Œù|p

Xé‹!¡“`çèMA{kæÆ]m„ŽH#'ª:r•ÆˆñÆZ{df$Œž¿�fêöð([I­ÕJ÷Q“ŸSEIØM\ÿÖö�L…î,3e°@ãŠØÒtäéab
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[MontyPlumbs]

Hi all, I'm simply moving a word document between my main pc and the laptop via a pendrive. When I open the doc on the laptop it opens as a load of gibberish, any ideas as to why? TIA
R78

example - …9yüiÏŽžTm´ƒƒYƒØŽT‘ÀŒ©PN#ÒœÑ=ÊD|Œù|p

Xé‹!¡“`çèMA{kæÆ]m„ŽH#'ª:r•ÆˆñÆZ{df$Œž¿�fêöð([I*ÕJ÷Q“ŸSEIØM\ÿÖö�L…î,3e°@ãŠØÒtäéab
’Ät«§/tq/Ã[1]C²8c9Çò²<™ò˜�Ï¥DÕÇqë€6ú€qNŽv•Ùöàžƒ&¤‘¿jó7‹uùXí$

R78, are you using the same versions of Word? This is a common problem if using one version older than another.

 

[Realist78]

Yeah, both word 2000 loaded from the same disk.

 

[MontyPlumbs]

If the document hasn't got any special formatting, try saving it as an RTF file to see if that cures the problem.

 

[Life-Is-Good]

Are you opening it on the Pen drive or copying it to the laptop first?

This suggestion probably won't help but it might explain...

Sorry I can't help further. (Or at all, it would seem!)

 

[Realist78]

The doc's got some JPEGs in it and it won't play. I'll have to go the long winded way around it i suppose by cutting and pasting etc, it'd be nice to know WTF the problem is though.

 

[Realist78]

Are you opening it on the Pen drive or copying it to the laptop first?

This suggestion probably won't help but it might explain...

Sorry I can't help further. (Or at all, it would seem!)

It was opened from the desktop on my main pc, saved to my pendrive, opened from the pendrive on the laptop. I've tried saving the text only as a RTF and still the same, getting slightly miffed now.

 

[Life-Is-Good]

It was opened from the desktop on my main pc, saved to my pendrive, opened from the pendrive on the laptop. I've tried saving the text only as a RTF and still the same, getting slightly miffed now.

I think the link suggests opening from the pendrive is bad. Have you tried copying it to laptop, then opening?

EDIT: Does the copy on pen drive work ok if you use the desktop?

 

[Realist78]

I think the link suggests opening from the pendrive is bad. Have you tried copying it to laptop, then opening?

EDIT: Does the copy on pen drive work ok if you use the desktop?[/QUOTE]

Not initially but saved it again and it did, tried on the laptop, no joy. Looks like I need to type it in a different prog and then save it as a PDF for example. Thanks for trying though.DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[MontyPlumbs]

I think the link suggests opening from the pendrive is bad. Have you tried copying it to laptop, then opening?

EDIT: Does the copy on pen drive work ok if you use the desktop?[/QUOTE]

Not initially but saved it again and it did, tried on the laptop, no joy. Looks like I need to type it in a different prog and then save it as a PDF for example. Thanks for trying though.DT_Xtremez_30:

Have you tried downloading OpenOffice? It's open source (read: free) and opens just about anything. It might solve your problem.

Very handy for converting files into PDF as well (I use it all the time for Uni work).

Just a thought!

 

[monobrow]

It's open source (read: free) and opens just about anything.

Including Office 2007 .docx files, you can save as word documents for going back to an Office 2000 setup and a couple of clicks and you have the lot on PDF.

Plus you don't have to fork out the earth to get the latest one as it's a couple of clicks and a download away.

 

[MontyPlumbs]

Including Office 2007 .docx files, you can save as word documents for going back to an Office 2000 setup and a couple of clicks and you have the lot on PDF.

Plus you don't have to fork out the earth to get the latest one as it's a couple of clicks and a download away.

I don't think our geek OpenOffice love-in will sway his decision unfortunately Mono!DT_Xtremez_14:DT_Xtremez_14:

 

[Realist78]

I'll give open office a try guys, not tonight because I'm going have a libation and watch the box for a while!DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[Entropy]

Before you go down the open source route try looking at the save and compatibilty settings. You get to them by going tthrough the drop down menu in Tools-> Options. There maybe something obvious there.

Also what happens if you create a TXT file with notepad and move to the laptop? If its corrupted as well then there is an issue with the pendrive such as encryption enabled.

 

[metimmee]

I've had problems with some USB memory sticks corrupting documents.

 

[Realist78]

It's the same with 2 different pendrives. I've gone the slightly longer route and copied the info into pageplus that I can export as a PDF, job sorted, thanks for trying guys.DT_Xtremez_19: