‘This document may be corrupt’ error in Word 2000

When you switch between bullet and number list format in Microsoft Word document, it may refuse to open and you may encounter corruption related error messages while opening the document. This behavior renders your critical data inaccessible and cause data loss. To retrieve data in such cases, Word Recovery is required.

Sometimes while trying to open a document in Microsoft Word 2000, you might come across the below given error message:

“This document may be corrupt. To preserve the contents: Choose Select All from the Edit menu, then choose Copy from the Edit menu. Create a new document, then choose Paste from the Edit menu.”

After this error message appears, Word quits unexpectedly and the document can not be opened or accessed.
Root of the issue
You may encounter this error message due to build-up of list templates in the Word document. The list template is simply a container of customized numbering system. In numbering gallery (in Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering), every number gallery position shows a diverse list template. As the list templates are changed or used, the number gallery gets changed, depending upon active list templates.

The build-up could take place if you frequently switch between bulleted list format and numbered list format for the same list. There are some other known causes of build-up in the list templates.

As stated in the error message, this behavior may also occur due to corruption of the Word document. It could be due to excessive build-up, virus infection, Microsoft Office malfunction, improper system shutdown, file object corruption and other similar causes.

In all these cases, to regain your valuable data, you need to fix this issue by performing Word Repair.
Resolution
To avoid this problem in future, download and install the latest service packs of Microsoft Office 2000. To repair damaged Word documents, opt for powerful and advanced word recovery tools.
These are powerful applications, which use advanced scanning procedures to scan and repair corrupted Word documents and extract all their data and objects. These software can restore text, images, bulleted lists, charts, files, clipart, drawings and other Word objects.

These are easy to use tools due to their simple and interactive graphical user interface. The word repair performed by these software is completely safe due to their read-only and non-destructive nature.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is the finest tool to repair corrupted Word documents. It can easily retrieve inaccessible data from damaged Word documents. It supports Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, XP (2002) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Unreadable Word 2003 Document and Word Recovery

Sometimes when you try to open a Word document in Microsoft Office Word 2003, it shows that Word is unable to open the document. It makes the content of Word file inaccessible and cause data loss. This situation occurs due to file corruption. So, you need to perform Word Recovery to repair the affected document and regain your valuable data.
When you attempt to open a damaged Microsoft Office Word 2003 document, the document may not open with below error message:

“Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.

Try one or more of the following:

* Open and Repair the file.
* Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.
(C:\Documents and Settings\…\test.doc)”

Such Microsoft Word behavior leads to data loss. You should find the cause of this problem and perform Word Recovery.

Cause
As stated in the above error message, the problem takes place due to Word document corruption. Word corruption prevents the document from opening normally and thus the data becomes inaccessible.

Resolution
To resolve this behavior, install the latest service pack of Microsoft Office Word 2003 that includes a hotfix for this problem. After installing the service pack with hotfix, practice the following steps to enable the hotfix:

.    Open Registry Editor and locate the following registry entry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options
.    Go to the Edit menu, highlight New and select DWORD Value.
.    Type BulletProofOnCorruption and press ENTER.
.    Right-click BulletProofOnCorruption and click Modify.
.    In Value data box, type 1 and click OK.
.    Exit Registry Editor and restart Word.

This method is helpful in solving most of such issues, but it can not repair word document that is already corrupted. To repair the damaged document, you should opt for Word Recovery Software.

These are powerful applications that can repair and restore damaged Word documents in almost all Word corruption scenarios. The software are capable of retrieving all Word objects including tables, text, images, drawings, charts, clip arts, headers, footers and footnotes.

You can easily use word recovery Software without prior technical knowledge as they come equipped with simple and graphical user interface. These software are completely safe and non-destructive to use with read-only nature.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is the most efficient tool to repair and restore corrupted Word documents. It supports Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, XP (2002) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.