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Whenever I attempt to open a word document I receive a field block that says "File Conversion (and the name of the document "Select the encoding that makes your document readable: Test encloding:
Whatever I choose it does not come out in English or word format.
How do I get back to where I was? (English when document is opened)
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Where does "scanning" come into the issue? If the file was created as a result of scanning a document, you will need to use an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) utility to convert the file into text that can be used in Word.