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This is what I get, trying to read Word 97 texts. Also with 93 texts.

How can this be solved ?

Thank you !

What is your current Word version?
Do you have any problem with current Word documents?

Thank you for your reply Charles I used wod from office 2016 business

I have no current problems with current word docs

Have you tried repairing the Office installation (via Windows Control Panel > Programs > Programs & Features > Microsoft Office (version) > Change > Repair)?

Have you tried opening the documents on another computer? If you get the same results there, the files are probably corrupt. In that case, you may be able to recover some readable content using Word's 'recover text from any file' opening option, but all formatting, graphics, etc. will be lost.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]