Recover any corrupted file in Word
Do you have a corrupted Word document or an .exe file that won't run? You can open it in Word 7.0 or 8.0 and recover at least the text in the file. Here's how. 1. Select FileûOpen as usual. 2. In the Files of type list, choose Recover Text from Any File. 3. Locate the file you want to open, select it and click Open. 4. In the Convert File dialogue box, again select Recover Text from Any File. Once Word opens the file, you'll probably have to remove unwanted characters and reformat the text. Caution. Select FileûSave As immediately after you open files in this way and save the document with a new file name. If you keep the original name, the program will save the file as a Word document, destroying the original format. û George Campbell
Category: word processing
Issue: May 1998