How do I fix a word doc. that turned to asterisks? Or find an earlier version of the document?

I was typing a paper and the entire doc. turned to asterisks. Then I panicked and hit save thinking that would be beneficial. Now I only have a doc. with symbols. Is there a way to find an earlier version of the paper? I have saved it at least a dozen times before the doc. turned to ***

Have you considered this ... since you suspect there may be old garbage in the file?
Try creating a brand new document in Word.  Then try copying and pasting the old document into the new one.  You may choose to do this in sections, or a few pages at a time.

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