Repair Broken Word document File

Word is a document file exclusive to Microsoft Word processing application. Common users use Word documents for writing letters, articles and essays; while business people use it to write thesis, project details, synopsis etc. Word application offers many useful features which make MS Word application as user’s no.1 choice for writing important documents. In spite of having such so many advantages, sometimes these Word files get broken and deny opening for any unknown reasons.

Whenever a Word file is broken, it won’t allow you to add or edit any content of the file. In fact, sometimes the file opens with unreadable and unrecognizable characters in it. In such cases you need to fix broken Word file to make it readable again; there are numerous reasons behind broken Word file, some of them include are listed below:

• Round Tripping: This usually happens when a Word file is converted from one format to another on regular basis. That is if your MS Word file is converted from .doc to .docx and back to its initial format. However any interruption during conversion process results in Word file damage and leaves it in broken state
• Transfer Error: Interruptions while transferring your Word files due to factors like improper system termination, sudden power failure will lead to broken Word file

There are still several other causes such as Macro virus infection, improper installation of MS Word application, conversion the file extension, file system corruption etc that can result in corrupt or broken Word document. And once your Word file is broken, you start receiving many error notifications like “Microsoft Office Word has encountered a problem and needs to close.”, “The Office Open XML File abcde.docx cannot be opened because there are problems with the content”, “Word was unable to read this file.”, “The file is corrupt and cannot be opened” and so on.

Resolution:

There are simple remedies through which you can rescue your broken Word documents, they have been explained below:

• Using Open and Repair Feature: Open Microsoft Word application ---> Click on “Office” button, and then Open ---> Choose your broken Word file ---> After selection, click on the arrow just after the “Open” button and select “Open and Repair” option (If this method doesn’t help you in fixing your Word file then, go for the second method)
• Fixing broken Word using Repair Utility: With the help of a repair utility, you can easily fix your broken Word file and make it accessible again. Although there are many repair utilities available on the internet choosing right Word file repair like Yodot DOC Repair is recommended

Repairing broken Word document:

Yodot DOC Repair tool is best in repairing broken Word document which denies access or refuse to open after corruption. You can use this tool to fix DOC or DOCX files created using any version of Microsoft Office such as Office 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2010. This application by default recovers all attributes like text, tables, OLE objects, hyperlinks, formatting while fixing your broken Word file. The tool works by scanning and extracting contents from broken Word file on Windows system. Furthermore, it is a read-only Word file repair utility that mends broken MS Word file without harming source file during the repair process.

Procedure to fix broken Word documents:

• Download Yodot DOC Repair and install the software to your Windows desktop / laptop
• Make use of “Browse” button to choose your broken Word file
• After selection, use “Repair” button to start the repair process
• You can monitor the repair process by looking at the progress bar
• After the completion of Word file repair, the software displays a confirmation message saying, file repaired successfully
• Use “Preview” option to view your repaired DOC / DOCX file
• At last, save your fixed document file to your desired location by clicking on “Save” button

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