When you try to open a Word file in Microsoft Office Word 2003, it shows that MS Word is unable to start the doc. It makes the content of Word document inaccessible and cause data loss. This condition arises due to file corruption. So, you need to perform word recovery to repair the damaged file and regain your important data.
When you attempt to open a corrupted Microsoft Office Word 2003 document, the document may not start 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 activity leads to data damage. You should find the cause of this problem and perform word repair.
Grounds
As stated in the above error message, the problem takes place because of the Word file corruption. Word corruption saves the document from opening normally and thus the data becomes inaccessible.
Solution
To resolve this behavior, you should 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 very helpful in solving most of such cases, but it can not repair the MS Word file that is already corrupted. To repair the corrupted document, you should opt for a good doc repair software.
These are powerful applications that can repair and restore damaged data of the corrupted MS Word documents in almost all the Word corruption scenarios. These 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 repair 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.
These are 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.