no :(
I had two copies one on USB and the other on computer and both of them have different sets of gibberish, and don't want to open
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:38, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Take solace in this:
Someone on my course managed to mess up their files 3 days before the final deadline last May. They cried a lot for some reason.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:40, Reply)

That is really shit
I'm sorry I can't offer any advice, but you have my sympathy. Was it very important?
(berk, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Not hugely
about 4 to 5000 words. I just can't be bothered to redo it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:43, Reply)

Run a search on your machine for files ending in .asd
They're Word automated recovery files, used for if Word crashes while you're writing a doc. They sometimes hang around, so you might get lucky and find an older version of your document.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:46, Reply)

Thanks
I'll try that. The problem came when I cut and pasted a wordpad document into a Word file then autosaved
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:48, Reply)

Hmm, gaz me a section of the gobledeegook text?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 13:49, Reply)

have done so

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 24 Sep 2010, 14:00, Reply)