I scan medical records on my computer using a optical scanner which saves the material as a .doc. I save these documents on my computer and copy sections to be printed. When I open these scanned records, many become corrupted. Not really knowing what to do about it (and too lazy to rescan), I've copied the parts I needed and pasted on a new blank document. Strangely, they always copy and paste correctly. Windows keeps telling me that a 'table' is corrupted, but I just ignore it. If you could get the document open, I would try copying it to a blank document. It works for me. Jane

If it came as a docx document, then I think that the sender is using Word 2007, and forgot to save it in the old doc format and your word reader program can't read word 2007. I did the same thing sending a document to someone who didn't have W. 2007. I try to remember to save things I want to send in the old format, but it it easy to forget. Tell them to resend if possible. Possibly Open Office works for word 2007 too. Anyway, it is a handy thing to have on your P.C.

I think I fixed the spacing issue but had to go to 9 pt to make Word 2010 look the same as Word 2003. My current issue is that centering a word or phrase as titles for a new part of a doc is off. They don't line up. I have deleted and redone each but they are all skewed slightly left or right. Thanks, Owbist. Your advice gratefully received.

You can do this from right within Word. Within your document do the following: - go to Tools - click on Protect Document - a menu will come up with 3 option. click on Forms - You'll have to enter a password, click ok, then re-enter the password again. Now if you want to edit the document, you'll have to "unprotect" the document by doing: - Click on Tools - Click on Unprotect - Enter the password Now you can edit. Remember if you forget the password, there's no way of being about to edit the document. I use the protect feature all the time, and I keep the same password on every document so that I am never second guessing what password goes to what document.