word 2000 changes layout of a document

my computer has office 2000 and Windows Me as operating system (both are duch versions)

when i save a word document, and i try to open it again via
- windows explorer
- file + select from the 4 recently opened files
- (when i start word with the /a option)
--> everything is fine
but when i open it via
- file - open
--> layout is gone (ex. table (gridlines) is missing and all the cells are displayed to the left margin of the page with an alinia break (carriage return) at the end of each cell (line)

--> some extra info is visible at the end of the file
see below

- uninstall and reinstall of office 2000 : no changes.

who can help me out ?
probably a registry entry i have to delete ?



Standaard
Standaard
Standaardalinea-lettertype
Standaardalinea-lettertype
Sint-Rombouts
Sint-Rombouts
C:\wdw\test tabel.doc
C:\wdw\test tabel.doc
Unknownÿ！
Times New Roman
Times New Roman
Symbol
Symbol
Willem
Willem
Sint-Rombouts
Sint-Rombouts
Sint-Rombouts
Sint-Rombouts
Willem
Sint-Rombouts
Normal.dot
Sint-Rombouts
Microsoft Word 9.0
Willem
Root Entry
1Table
1Table
WordDocument
WordDocument
SummaryInformation
SummaryInformation
DocumentSummaryInformation
DocumentSummaryInformation
CompObj
CompObj
ObjectPool
ObjectPool
Microsoft Word-document
MSWordDoc
Word.Document.8

 

The problem lies between the keyboard and the chair.
(Don't take offense, I love that saying!)



Open Word.
Hit File-Open.
Note that you likely have "Recover text from any file" selected as the type. Change it to Word document and all will be well.

 

thx dreamboat this solves my problem.
You were right. it' a well know windows error :
" User error - hit user to continue"

 

User error - hit user to continue

I love it!!!

Never heard that one before.