You worked on a Word document for hours, even days. After an update you can no longer open the file and read that an error has occurred. Is everything irretrievably lost? No, you can repair a damaged Word document.
Solution 1: In Word itself
The following recovery methods may cause formatting or some headers and footers to be lost, but the most important thing is to get the text back.
Open Word and then pass a leaf† At the window Open you select the damaged document, but you do not open it yet. next to the button Open There is an arrow pointing down. Click this and use the combination command Open and Restore†
If that doesn’t work, there is a second way in Word. Open Word and create a new blank document. Then go to tab Sting and pick you in the group Text in front of Article† below Article do you have a choice text from file to use.
Now select the damaged file. This should cause the text of the corrupted file to appear in the new blank document.
Solution 2: Via Google Docs
The two office suites Microsoft Office and Google Docs work seamlessly together. Sometimes Google Docs can even do things that Word can’t. Upload the damaged document to Google Docs. Open Google Drive and right click on the file. select the assignment open with and then select the command Google Docs†
If all goes well, you will get the text back. Then you can download this file as a Word file with the command. File / Download / Microsoft Word† The result is a doc file, but you can easily convert it to docx format in Word.
Solution 3: Visualization Tool
You can also try the Microsoft Office Visualization Tool (direct download). Install the application. This technical software was originally designed to examine the code of a file, but it also has a useful repair function.
Open the app and select File / Open data file† Select the damaged file and click Tools / Repair & Defragmentation† Finally you choose File / Save Data File As… Name the recovered file and open it with Word.
Source: Computer Totaal
