The Normal.dot is a file that stores the default template of Microsoft word. This file is used to store the initial default settings of word including Font, Font Size and file contents. This file is used in each of the MS word file that you open. This file is located in the template directory of your Microsoft word application.
Normal.dot file is very important file of word application as it holds all the customization settings. But this file is more prone to failure. So, the most of the problems encountered by word users are caused due to corruption in this file. The general problems may come with following symptoms:
1. Word not opening and closing properly
2. Hidden module errors
3. Giving error message
4. Text and formatting problems
5. Any document is opening as default
As this file is more prone to failure, if the file is get corrupted, you may not apply some kind of formatting on your word document. And it might be possible that your existing word document fail to show the original formatting.
In these cases, this file may also corrupt the existing files. In these circumstances, you need to repair the corrupted word file to store the original formatting of the file. In case of small word documents, you can change it manually. But when it comes to large documents, it become impossible to manually change the formatting of entire document.
In these situations, you need word repair utility to repair your corrupted MS word document. You can perform this task with the help of data recovery software. These data recovery software are available in the form of word recovery software.
Word recovery software are specially designed data recovery software that can help you in repairing and restoring the corrupted word document. These are the read only and non destructive data recovery tools that restore the original contents of word document without modifying the original contents of the file.
Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is a powerful and advanced data recovery software that can repair and restore the corrupted word document in all possible cases of corruption. This word recovery software uses advanced searching algorithms to search and locate the corrupted files and restore them.
You can download the demo version of the software and search your corrupted word documents. The demo version of the software works as the full version, only you can’t save the repaired data. Demo version can preview all the contents of word documents. If you are satisfied with result of the demo version, you can purchase the activation key of the software to save the repaired files.