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Old 04-27-2012, 09:54 AM
wytxny wytxny is offline Corrupt file. My entire manuscript just turned into small squares. Mac OS X Corrupt file. My entire manuscript just turned into small squares. Office 2010 64bit
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My entire manuscript just turned into pages of small squares. What caused it? How can I fix it?
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Old 04-28-2012, 11:38 AM
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Have you tried Open and Repair?

For more on damaged documents, take a look at How to troubleshoot damaged Word documents.
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What happens if you try changing the font of a paragraph? Highlight the paragraph, change to a different font and see if it restores. Perhaps the font file you were using has corrupted, rather than the document.
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