Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery

Normal.dot or global template is the basic template that Microsoft Word uses each time when you create a document. Even if you are using some other template, this global template always remains in use. Nomal.dot file often gets corrupted leaving Word documents is suspect state. You should restore the documents damaged due to Normal.dot corruption from backup. But in some of the cases, backup is found as not updated, damaged or unavailable. Thus, in such situations, you should use word repair software to scan and repair your damaged Word document.

You might receive the similar error message when trying to open a Microsoft Word document:

“Winword caused a General Protection Fault in module USER.EXE”

You cannot access such document.

Cause

Probable causes for the above error to occur are:

•    Normal.dot (Global Template) file is corrupted
•    You have installed Word in Works Suite add-in program (included with MS Works Suite 2000) and the add-in program in corrupted.

.    Installing MS Works Suite 2000 adds some additional functionality to Word. There are several new features added to File Menu, Mail Merge and Wizard.

Solution

To solve the above describes issues, you should follow these methods:

•    Click Start->Search->All files and folders and type Normal.dot in All or part of the file name box. Select the Windows installed drive and click Search.

Rename the Normal.dot file to Oldnormal.dot. Upon restating Word, it will recreate a new global template.
•    If the issue doesn’t resolve, insert MS the Microsoft Works Suite Disk 1 CD-ROM into the system and press and hold down SHIFT key while inserting it. Next, remove Word in Works Suite add-in program using Add or Remove Programs wizard of Control Panel.
•    The existing issue should get resolved by following above steps. But if you find Word document(s) as damaged due to Normal.dot corruption, try restoring from backup. In case of backup concerns, you need to use word recovery applications.

Word Repair tools scan a damaged document using powerful scanning algorithms and restore them. These are non-destructive applications with self-descriptive interface and complete documentation.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is an advanced tool to repair and restore Microsoft Word documents. It is available with support to Word 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000 and certain powerful Word Recovery features. It can restore all objects like hyperlinks, tables, images, drawings, macros and others. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Office Open XML is the new format that has been introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. Based on XML and ZIP archive technologies, a file saved in Microsoft Office Word 2007 is divided into document parts. Each of these parts defines a part of the overall file contents. Thus it becomes easy for you to create and modify a Word 2007 document, either manually or programmatically. Such files are saved with .docx extension. But they can catch odds of corruption, if subjected to unexpected shutdown, virus attack, application faults and other similar causes. However, if your recent file backup is updated and healthy, you can successfully restore the file. But backup issues necessitate the use Word Recovery applications.

While trying to open a Word 2007 document, you might receive the below error message:

“The Office Open XML File xxxxx.docx cannot be opened because there are problems with the content.”

Where, xxxx represents the name of Word 2007 document. Further, when you click Details of the error message, you get another error:

“The file is corrupt and cannot be opened.”

Or

“Word found unreadable content. Do you want to recover the contents of this document, click yes.”

Cause

The Word 2007 document is corrupted. It usually occurs when you perform round-tripping i.e. change the Word 2007 format into another file format and convert it back into Word 2007 format, generally after doing some modifications. Other possible reasons of file corruption could be application faults, unexpected shutdown, network errors etc.

Solution

A damaged Word 2007 document can be tried to repair using any of these methods:

•    Open the document with ‘Open and Repair’ feature. To carry out this, click Microsoft Office Button and open the document.
•    Try saving the document as HTML, TXT or a word processing application format.
•    Create a new document and try copying all the contents of the file to it, leaving the last paragraph mark.
•    Use your recent file backup and restore the damaged document
•    If the same issue persists, scan your damaged file using Word Repair software. These are advanced word recovery tools built with safe technology to repair and restore damaged Word documents.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is a comprehensive word repair tool that can repair and restore corrupted Word documents. Its offers a rich set of features, including support to Word 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2007, safe file repair design, advanced scanning procedures and graphically rich interface. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Word documents are likely to corrupt due to several reasons. When you open Microsoft Word, it queries out the default printer driver. But if the printer driver is damaged or corrupted that can ultimately damage your Microsoft Word documents. As its result, you cannot access the stored data and need to restore lost information from backup. However, if backup seems to be damaged, not updated or is not available, you should use Word Repair software to scan and repair your damaged documents.

A damaged printer driver can corrupt memory and if you save a document in such situations, it can get corrupted also.

Symptoms

If the printer driver is corrupt, MS Word often crashes and fails to print the document.

Note: Print failure can also result if document is already damaged.

Solution

To fix such issues, you should consider these methods:

.    Replace the damaged printer driver by reinstalling it
.    To repair damaged documents, follow these steps:

.    If you can open the affected document, copy all its content except the last paragraph mark and paste it to a new document. The last paragraph contains the hidden section mark and so it stores all the document corruption. You can alternatively try to save the damaged document in RTF or HTML format and then convert it back in MS Word format.
.    If you cannot open the document, try opening it in Draft Mode without updating any links. If it doesn’t work, create a new document and try inserting the corrupted document in it as a file. You can also try to open the file by linking to it.
.    Try extracting data from the damaged document using Recover Text from Any File converter.
.    Scan and repair your damaged document using commercial Word Recovery software. These are powerful tools to repair and restore damaged Microsoft Word documents. Equipped with interactive interface, automated repair features, advanced options and safe doc repair processes, these applications serve as most valid Word file repair tools. You can use these software in any case of document corruption.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is a robust tool that effectively repairs and restores damaged Microsoft Word documents. It supports word recovery for Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. This read-only tool recovers all document objects such as charts, tables, drawings, macros, drawings, images etc. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Word is a popular word processing application, used to create, edit and save documents. These documents are consisted of various features including macros, built-in spell checker, dictionary, bullets and numbering etc. But sometimes, these documents behave abruptly or fail to open correctly. One of the prime reasons for such behavior is document corruption. It could happen due to virus attack, unexpected shutdown, application issues, Normal.dot corruption, macro corruption and other similar reasons. You are suggested to restore from your last backup in such situations. But if you find errors with backup as well or there is no backup present, you need to use Word Recovery software.

Consider a practical scenario, you create and save Word document. When you try to open the document, it fails giving the below error message:

“The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document”

You cannot open the document.

Cause

The above error message could occur if any of the listed conditions exists:

•    You are using a shortcut to open the document and you have deleted the original file
•    You don’t have sufficient permissions to read the file
•    You have renamed the document and trying to open with same name as earlier
•    You are trying to open a damaged document

Solution

Use these methods to fix the above issue:

.    Make sure that the file to be opened exists
.    Change file permission settings and try to open the file
.    Try to open the document with existing document name
.    If document corruption is the issue, perform these methods to repair it:

.    Use ‘Open and Repair’ feature to open the affected document
.    Try to open the document in Draft mode
.    Insert the document as a file in some other document
.    Make a link to the file
.    Convert the document in other format and save it again in MS Word format
.    Restore from backup
.    Use commercial doc repair applications. These are non-destructive Word Recovery software that safely restore damaged documents.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is a premier software to repair damaged Word documents. It supports word recovery for files created with Word 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. The application repairs and restores all objects, like tables, macros, charts, images, drawings etc. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Word tables allow you to organize data in a way that can be easily read and manipulated. It is more like an organization tool, using which you can also sort your data. On occasion, you find issues while editing these tables. One of the prime causes for this behavior to occur is table corruption. Hence, in order to restore lost information, you need to use your recent file backup. But, in case of no backup availability, or invalid state of backup, Word Recovery tools offer a one-hit cure.

Consider a practical example; you are using a complex table in your Microsoft Word document. When you try to edit this table, you observe one of the below symptoms:

.    Your Word document start flickering
.    The document appears to repaginate
.    You encounter an error message:

“A table in this document has become corrupted. To recover the contents of the table: select the table and choose Convert Table to Text from the Table menu”

Cause

You observe these issues if one of the conditions is true:

.    You have created the table in earlier version of Microsoft Word
.    The table in use is corrupted or damaged

Solution

To troubleshoot these problems, you need to try these steps:

.    Try to open the document in earlier version of Microsoft Word and edit it
.    If problem persists, you should try these methods for repairing damaged document:

.    Try to open the document with ‘Open and Repair’ feature
.    Save the document in another file format and then covert it again in MS Word document
.    Leaving the last paragraph, copy all the things from damaged document and paste them to a new one
.    To prevent further damage, copy the uncorrupted portions of damaged document to a new one
.    If problem persists and you have valid file backup, delete the damaged one and restore from backup
.    In case of backup issues, you should use commercial word repair software. Such Word Recovery utilities recover and restore all document objects and provide interactive interface. Also, because of their read-only design, they maintain data integrity.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is an advanced word recovery software. It supports recovery for files created with Word 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. The application repairs and restores all objects, like tables, macros, charts, images, drawings etc. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.

Microsoft Word gives invalid page faults and kernel errors when a conflict occurs with Windows while accessing information. If you receive such errors while opening a particular document, it might be corrupt. To restore lost data, you need to use your recent file backup. In case of any file backup issues, like it is damaged, not updated or not available, Word Repair applications can be used for repair purpose.

As a practical instance, you try to open a Word document or start the application and receive the following error message:

“This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor”

Microsoft Word crashes down after this error message.

Cause

Possible causes of this error are:

•    Low resource issues
•    One or more Windows components are damaged
•    Word document corruption
•    Global template is damaged
•    Application startup issues, such as Registry Data key damage

Solution

To correct this error, try these steps in order:

•    Try restarting Microsoft Word. Most of the IPF errors go away by restarting the application.
•    The issue could be Windows specific. So, you need to ensure if this problem occurs with Microsoft Word only. Troubleshoot Windows if it occurs with other applications as well.
•    If IPF occurs in only Word, you need to test this behavior with certain documents. If one or more documents are damaged, that might show such behavior. You require applying word recovery solutions to correct document corruption (if backup is not available, corrupted or not updated).
•    Try creating a new document based on global template (Normal.dot). If you observe similar behavior as above, global template is damaged. You need to rename the template.
•    To bypass damaged Registry Data key, you can start Word using /a switch and delete the damaged key, thereafter.

Word Repair software are commercial tools that provide safe, automated, and complete file repair for damaged Word documents. Such Word Recovery applications use powerful scanning algorithms that analyze the damaged document and restore it, without affecting the file integrity.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is an advanced utility to repair and restore damaged Word documents. It supports Word Repair for Word 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It is a graphically rich tool that restores all document objects, like hyperlinks, tables, charts, images, drawings etc. This read only software is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, and NT.

Normal.dot is the default template that Microsoft Word uses to create each document. MS Word always uses this template, even if you are using other templates. If this template gets corrupts, it affects all the documents that are based on it. At times, you also observe that Word crashes down whenever you try to open it and gives error messages. To restore data in such situations, you need to use your recent file backup. But if backup is not available, corrupted or not updated, Word Recovery applications can be used for complete file repair and restoration.

Consider a situation, you open Microsoft Word and encounter an error message that the program has performed an illegal operation. Further, when you click Details tab of the error message, you receive another error that WINWORD has caused invalid page in its .exe file at an address. This error message is followed by the below error:

“System is dangerously low on resources.”

The same error message may also be encountered when you try to print a document. As the additional symptom, Microsoft Word hangs and you need to exit Winword.exe using Task Manager.

Cause
Normal.dot file is damaged or corrupted

Solution
To correct this issue, you need to follow these steps:

•    For solving global template corruption problem, you should rename the damaged Normal.dot (global template) file. You need to locate the file and rename. After this, you require changing some settings in order to restore favorite options. Also, you need to copy the customizations, if any, from earlier Normal.dot file to the new one.
•    If Word starts correctly after renaming the damaged global template, you need to next ensure that all documents are in good condition. To repair damaged documents, try opening the damaged documents with ‘Open and Repair’ feature or with applications like WordPad etc. If problem persists, use your recent file backup to restore and delete the damaged one. In case of any backup issues, you need to use Word Repair applications. Such word recovery software employ advanced scanning algorithms to repair the damaged Word documents, effectively and safely.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is an advanced tool that uses powerful algorithms to repair and restore damaged Word documents. It supports word repair for documents created with Word 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It restores all document objects like, hyperlinks, charts, images, drawings etc. The application is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Word is a word processor used to create and edit text documents. The native file formats used by MS Word to save its files are .doc (Microsoft Word 2003 and earlier) and .docx (Microsoft Word 2007).

But at times, while opening these documents, you observe issues like slow application startup, application errors etc. One of the main reasons behind such behavior of Microsoft Word is file corruption. Thus, to restore the damaged file, you need to use a recent data backup. However, if you discover problems with data backup as incomplete or invalid state, word recovery applications need to be used for file repair and restoration.

Consider a situation, you click to open a Word document and it gets stuck (viz. on the splash screen).

Subsequently, when you try to open it again, it displays an error message that the document can’t be opened.

Cause

The document is damaged or corrupted. It occurs due to reasons like unexpected shutdown, macro corruption, application code issues, virus infection etc.

Solution

To repair the damaged document, you need to follow these methods:

•    Try opening the affected document using ‘Open and Repair’ feature. For this, you need to locate the document through File menu and then click the arrow next to the Open button.
•    If you can’t open the document, you should try to open it in draft mode without updating the links.
•    You need to insert the damaged document as a file in a newly created document.
•    Creating a link to the affected document and then trying to open can also help.
•    You can try using Wordpad to open it.
•    If the problem continues, you should delete the document, if you have a valid and updated data backup to restore from.
•    If backup is not available or inconsistent (causing errors), you need to use word repair applications.

Word Recovery software are perfect file repair solutions that use powerful scanning algorithms to repair and restore damaged Word documents. Such software provide advanced repair features, automated recovery and self-descriptive interface. In addition, these Doc Repair tools are designed to have read-only nature to perform completely non-destructive repair.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is the finest Word Repair tool to revamp and restore damaged Word documents. The software recovers complete document formatting, hyperlinks, charts, images, drawings and all other document objects. It supports Word 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP) and 2000. The software is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Normal.dot or Normal.dotm is the basic template using which all Microsoft Word documents are created. Also known as the global template, it determines layout of the text and font defaults and also the margin defaults. However, you can change these defaults to new ones. The corruption of Normal.dot can damage your Word documents. The documents that have been created using this template show strange characters or give error messages post corruption. In such situations, you need to use a recent up-to-date and valid data backup to restore the lost Word files. But, if the backup is non-existent, corrupt or not up-to-date, the word recovery tools can repair and restore your damaged Word documents.

As a practical instance, when you try to close or save a document in Microsoft Word 2007 or 2003, it gives the below error message:

“Microsoft Visual C ++ Runtime Library Runtime Error
Program: WINWORD.EXE
abnormal program termination”

After clicking OK on this error message dialog box, Word unexpectedly gets closed.

Cause
You encounter the above error message because of any of the following reasons:

•    Normal.dot (global template)  is damaged or corrupted
•    Damaged or corrupted Word add-in
•    OfficeAV.dll (Norton Antivirus Office plug-in) is damaged or corrupted

Word add-ins are tools that are used for additional functionality, whereas, OfficeAV.dll is the plug-in that scans Office documents for macro virus infections.
Solution
To solve the above issue, you need to take these steps:
•    To correct global template issues, you need to rename it. In Word 2007, the global template is named as Normal.dotm and in Word 2003, it is named as Normal.dot.
•    If corrupt Word add-in is the issue, you need to remove it. For this, you should delete the registry settings that point to these add-ins.
•    You should update Norton Antivirus Office plug-in using the Live Update feature in Norton
•    To repair documents corrupted due to Normal.dot damage, you need to scan them using Word Repair applications. These are specially designed tools that use powerful scanning mechanisms to safely repair and restore the damaged Word documents. These Word Recovery software provide user-friendly and self-descriptive interface.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is the most advanced doc repair tool to scan and repair the damaged or corrupted Microsoft Word documents. It can repair all document objects like tables, hyperlinks, images, charts, drawings etc using powerful scanning algorithms. The software supports Word 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Sometimes when you try to start Microsoft Word, the process may fail due to invalid, corrupt or missing global template. This behavior of Microsoft Word makes all your important business as well as personal data inaccessible and result as data loss. You need to perform Word Recovery to overcome such issues.

One or more missing, corrupt or invalid global template files might result as an out-of-process automation client and may give you any of the following error messages:

.    HRESULT: 0x8001010A
VB Error: -2147417846

“The message filter indicated that the application is busy”

.    HRESULT: 0x800A175D
VB Error: 5981

“Cannot open macro storage”

.    HRESULT: 0x800A142D
VB Error: 5165

“Word cannot open the existing [square]”

These error messages may prevent you from opening the Microsoft Word document and the document data will become inaccessible.
Cause
This problem occurs if the global template file which is used by the Microsoft Word may be damaged. In MS Office Word 2007, this file is named as Normal.dotm. In MS Office Word and earlier versions, it is named as Normal.dot. The corruption of global template file may damage the whole Word document and can cause serious data loss situations.
Resolution
You can try renaming the global template file to figure out whether corrupted global template file is cause of the problem. Renaming this file resets various options back to default settings such as custom toolbars, custom styles, auto text entries and macros. You can rename this file by following the given steps:

.    Click Start, click Search and then click All File and Folders.
.    In the name box, type the name of the global template file as per the MS Word version (Normal.dot or Normal.dotm).
.    Click Search.
.    For every occurrence of the global template file which appears in Search dialog box, right click and select rename. Give the name of the file.
.    Restart MS Word.

If you still face this error, then it is due to Word document corruption and you should go for word repair using third party applications.

These software are specifically designed to scan whole Word file and extract all data to achieve successful Word Recovery. These read-only software are easy to use tools and thus do not require sound and prior technical skills to achieve repair and restoration.

Stellar Phoenix word recovery is the most advanced Word Repair software that can recover all Word objects including text, images, clipart, drawings, tables, bulleted lists and more. It supports recovery from Word 2007, 2003, 2002(XP) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.