# MS Office 2000

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109 "2003-10-02T13:12:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109/1 "2003-10-02T13:12:25Z")

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I have a user whose documents list a column showing document information at the end. Rather like WP’s reveal codes.  
What has she done?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109/2 "2003-10-02T13:15:47Z")

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Would you be so kind as to paste the “document information” into a reply?

Is is possible you’re looking at the result of a third-party comparison application a la DeltaView or CompareRite?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109/3 "2003-10-02T13:36:23Z")

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We aren’t running any third party apps.  
This happens only with FILE OPEN  
rather than the list of recently used files.  
John Doe is owner of the document, Sally\_Schedule being the name of the document.  
Thanks

Normal  
Normal  
Default Paragraph Font  
Default Paragraph Font  
John Doe?C:\Documents and Settings\asd\My Documents\SALLY\_Schedule\_2.docÿ??e?e?  
Unknownÿ!  
Times New Roman  
Times New Roman  
Symbol  
Symbol  
SALLY’S SCHEDULE  
John Doe  
John Doe  
John Doe  
John Doe  
SALLY’S SCHEDULE  
John Doe  
Normal.dot  
John Doe  
Microsoft Word 9.0  
CP’s Place of Employment  
SALLY’S SCHEDULE  
Root Entry  
1Table  
1Table  
WordDocument  
WordDocument  
SummaryInformation  
SummaryInformation  
DocumentSummaryInformation  
DocumentSummaryInformation  
CompObj  
CompObj  
ObjectPool  
ObjectPool  
Microsoft Word Document  
MSWordDoc  
Word.Document.8

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**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109/4 "2003-10-02T14:08:13Z")

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You have “Files of Type” set to “Recover text from any file” (or whatever it’s callled) in the Open dialog. Change it back to Word Documents and it should work.

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109/5 "2003-10-02T17:05:31Z")

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Is this still an issue?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-2000/205109/6 "2003-10-02T17:16:36Z")

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Thanks, dylan, that was it.