.doc files not opening when emailed

All of the sudden no one on a PC can open my .doc files when I email them. Word is prompting them to install special software to open them...they're coming up as some kind of Japanese text. What's going on??? I haven't ever had this problem before.

I'm not sure why it would have just started. What e-mail application are you using to send your files? Entourage? A Web e-mail client? Apple's own "Mail" program? What application are the recipients using? Some details like that might be helpful to troubleshoot your issue. If you're using Apple's Mail program, you might search/post in the Mail forums here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=753
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