How do I convert unicode to legible text?

Question

I lost and reclaimed some word files (Office Word 2007), but now they're in unicode format, and I have no way (that I know of) to make them readable again. Please save my summer reading!

Answer 1

Microsoft supplies information on the new style files at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/... . Possibly there is some information here that can help you or perhaps point to somewhere else that can help you.

You can get an XML editor from http://www.oxygenxml.com/ooxml_office_20... for use with Word files, but it is quite expensive. However they have a free trial license which may give you what you want.

Answer 2

i doubt its in unicode if so notpad can read unicode

i reakon it probs the header file of word since word uses .doc or .docx which is its own format since it saves diffrent fonts and styles all over the place aswell as text size headers and footers etc

notepad unicode option

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ok iv just opend a .doc in note pad i get  

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then scroll down half way i get the actul text