subject: You Need To Repair Word File To Resolve Word Was Unable To Read This Document [print this page] Usually people use Microsoft word to make an effective document. In fact, many people compose mails in MS-Word. But many times, you find that it becomes difficult to open the corrupt Word document. And if you are able to open the document, then you face difficulty in reading the characters, as they are generally garbled. This happens when MS-Word document gets corrupt. Numerous reasons may be possible for corruption, like virus attack, improper closing of the file, and many other reasons. To overcome these, in such critical moments, you need a backup of your data. But if you have a deficient backup, then refer to a third party Word repair software. The tool repairs Word file and recoups all the data of the word file by using a few mouse clicks.
Below we have discussed a nasty error message that appears when you try to open a corrupt document in Microsoft Office Word 2003, which remains unopened and an error message resembling below mentioned appears:
"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)"
On every attempt, you remain unsuccessful.
Cause
From the error message it is clear that you are trying to open a corrupt Word document. To open corrupt Word document you need to repair the word file.
Resolution
You can easily handle the above error message by following the below steps:
Since this is a typical problem that appears with Microsoft Office 2003, you should install Microsoft Office 2003 service pack 2 on your system, and set the BulletProofOnCorruption registry key. This helps in enabling the hotfix.
Make use of Open and Repair option to try and repair, and thereby open the Word document that is corrupt.
Without updating links, open your document in draft mode.
Open a new document, and insert the word document as a file in the new document.
Make use of a damaged document to recover the text by linking to it from another document.
If the problem persists, then choose a third party Word repair software. To perform recovery using these tools you do not require sound technical skills. A large number of software are available in the market that repair word file quite well. You just need to search the Internet.
Stellar Phoenix Word Repair is a result-oriented tool that can repair word file and all the word objects, such as images, text, tables, bulleted lists, drawings and charts. Simply, download a demo version of the software to preview recoverable items. The tool shows compatibility with Windows Vista, 7, XP, 2000, and NT, and supports MS Word 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000.
