How Do I Decode an Encoded Word Document?
Microsoft Word is a program which allows you to write documents and save them for later use. It is a part of the Microsoft Office Suite. Saving a document and reopening it can, on occasion, cause a file you’ve previously written to appear in a garbled manner. When this happens it means that the program has not properly detected the encoding standard in which the file was saved. You can still retrieve your file by following a few simple steps. Open your file if it is not currently open with Microsoft Office Suite. One of the most common ways to have an encoding error is by using a different program to reopen a file. Click the “Office” button and select “Word Options.” Then click the “Advanced” option. Find the “General” section in advanced options and check the box next to “Confirm file format conversion on open.” This will tell the program that it should run a check on the file’s encoding when it opens the next time. Close, and reopen the file. Word should now have displayed a dialog b
