Excel opening w/ garbage

I save all my files on a CD. Today, I accessed two excel files that pertain
to paychecks and mileage for tax purposes. After saving them by clicking the
disk icon on the toolbar, I accessed them later only to have garbage come up
on the screen. I noticed one thing different at the bottom of the excel
window. It indicated "TEXT OPENING filename" with a progress bar. Then I
get what looks like a lot of greek junk on the screen.

Here is a sample of what is displayed: youyyuyeoyy.........
Each letter as symbols over them, ie two dots or ` ^, and some
letters/symbols are special characters.

Can anyone please tell what is going?

Thanks,
Les

> Can anyone please tell what is going (on) ?

I can make a guess: "I save all my files on a CD"

People used to (and still do) have similar problems when saving "live" Excel
files to floppies. That was a bad idea. It still is. Live Excel files and
temporary media just don't get along very well. Save them locally (or to a
network) first and then copy the file to CD.

HTH,
--
George Nicholson

Remove 'Junk' from return address.


"WLMPilot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I save all my files on a CD. Today, I accessed two excel files that
>pertain
> to paychecks and mileage for tax purposes. After saving them by clicking
> the
> disk icon on the toolbar, I accessed them later only to have garbage come
> up
> on the screen. I noticed one thing different at the bottom of the excel
> window. It indicated "TEXT OPENING filename" with a progress bar. Then I
> get what looks like a lot of greek junk on the screen.
>
> Here is a sample of what is displayed: youyyuyeoyy.........
> Each letter as symbols over them, ie two dots or ` ^, and some
> letters/symbols are special characters.
>
> Can anyone please tell what is going?
>
> Thanks,
> Les
>

Will saving the files that are messing up on the HD after I open them w/ the
garbage displayed correct the problem? Is there a way to recover the data
from the CD

"George Nicholson" wrote:

> > Can anyone please tell what is going (on) ?
>
> I can make a guess: "I save all my files on a CD"
>
> People used to (and still do) have similar problems when saving "live" Excel
> files to floppies. That was a bad idea. It still is. Live Excel files and
> temporary media just don't get along very well. Save them locally (or to a
> network) first and then copy the file to CD.
>
> HTH,
> --
> George Nicholson
>
> Remove 'Junk' from return address.
>
>
> "WLMPilot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I save all my files on a CD. Today, I accessed two excel files that
> >pertain
> > to paychecks and mileage for tax purposes. After saving them by clicking
> > the
> > disk icon on the toolbar, I accessed them later only to have garbage come
> > up
> > on the screen. I noticed one thing different at the bottom of the excel
> > window. It indicated "TEXT OPENING filename" with a progress bar. Then I
> > get what looks like a lot of greek junk on the screen.
> >
> > Here is a sample of what is displayed: youyyuyeoyy.........
> > Each letter as symbols over them, ie two dots or ` ^, and some
> > letters/symbols are special characters.
> >
> > Can anyone please tell what is going?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Les
> >
>
>
>