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GillW
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago
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Corrupted Word Documents

I am at my wit's end!  I didn't realise that DropBox would corrupt files.  I now have several Word documents in a folder that I need for my course work assessment which are no longer Word documents a...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    5 years ago
    No worries, GillW!

    Looking forward to hearing back from you.
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Lusil
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5 years ago
No worries, GillW!

Looking forward to hearing back from you.
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GillW
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Hi Lusil

 

I have just heard back from my tutor - apparently, he can now open the PDFs (not having done anything to solve the problem!) So huge thanks for your patience on this - you've been great.

 

Very best

 

Gill

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    Lusil
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    5 years ago
    No problem, GillW, all's well that ends well. 

    If anything else comes up, you know where to find us. 

    In the meantime, I hope you have a lovely week ahead of you!
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    GillW
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago
    Thank you Lusil, you've been GREAT! 🙂
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    5 years ago

     

     

     

     

     

     

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