subject: Resolving Corruption Issues In Master Document [print this page] A master document is a Word utility used to create several sub documents. Master documents consists of a series of links to sub documents and can manage and organize other Writer documents. But, as other documents, these document are also vulnerable to corruption. This generally happens when the pointer, or the entry in the table that it points, has become corrupted. As a result, you fail to access the data. In order to access your data, you need to restore the data from a healthy data backup file. But, in case the backup is not available or corrupt, then you need to go for word recovery to retrieve your data completely.
For instance Sometimes, when you experience corruption in the master document, the following error message may appear:
This document may be corrupt. To preserve the contents:
- Choose Select All from the Edit menu, then choose Copy from the Edit menu.
- Create a new document, then choose Paste from the Edit menu.
Once, you encounter this error message, you need to find out the main cause and resolution for the corruption.
Cause:
The error message clearly states that the document is corrupt. This generally happens because of pointer, or the entry in the table that it points has got corrupted. Another reason for corruption could be inability of Word to keep a track of the information of expanded sub documents in the master document.
Resolution:
No matter what the reason is for the document corruption, it is important to recover your data as the master document may contain your precious or life-sustaining data. To do so, you need to use an effective word repairsoftware to retrieve your inaccessible data from the master document. These word repair applications employ highly proficient scanning mechanisms to repair and restore the Word document and retrieve your data completely. Enriched with high-graphical rich user interface, these are easy to use tools that do not require any prior technical understanding.
