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.