Would Anyone Know How To Fix This Word Problem

Have XP but running Word/Office 2000.

Things working okay till a few days ago. When I write something in Word and save the doc, when I got back to it later to email using word, all that shows is computer code and some text.

I can send an attachment okay, but not regular email once my document has been saved in Word. Looks possibly like a format change but don't know.

I also do not understand why a saved Word document should have all the headers or toolbars of my browser. This has me stumped.
Once I save a Word document, I want it to remain that way and look like Word, not IE7.

Thank You

 

Have same setup. Works.

Check
Word "“ Tools "“ Options "“ Save Tab "“ that documents are being saved as word files (*.doc) files.

(edit) btw - are you using Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook as e-mail?

 

using outlook express

will try and thanks. using outlook express. I believe the problem might have started because I followed some instructions in a book on PC Annoyances, by Steve Bass, a computer writer who's pretty good.

What I did was change (I thought) the formating of a web page into Word minus the web format . I believe that's when the problem started but I wasn't able to undo. It also altered everything I have stored in Word, and I sure didn't expect that.

 

tried it but

yeah, the docs are saved that way already. just checked. wonder in an uninstall of word and then a reinstall would work?

 

re detect and repair

Hi Again Pete. Here's what I saw in a PC book:
"Paste the text, not the formatting "
Insert text using edit>Paste Special and click unformatted Text.
This is used, the book says, when you grab text or url from a web page and copy into a Word document. That way it says, you get only the text but "not all the formatting junk. "

I guess it looks like I got a whole lot more, cause till I followed those instructions I wasn't having any problems.

BTW I see no detect and repair.