How to Recover Corrupt Microsoft Office Word Document
A corrupted Microsoft Office file, be it Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, or Infopath is when you attempt to open the document and it contains garbage characters. Some well known errors such as, “Word cannot open the document.” or “Word cannot recognize the document format.” is a pain in the ass, all those effort when down the drain, things are made worth if you find yourself without a secondary backup file.
Method 1. Use the build in Recovery and Repair tool
All version of Microsoft Office has an extensive Auto Repair and Recovery tool built into it, this option allows the user to recover their corrupted Microsoft Office file in the event of failure or human error. However, this recovery tool is no perfect, like all Microsoft product, the detect and repair tool is a fairly basic engine, not powerful enough in case of a critical error.
Method 2. Use a 3rd party Recovery Tool for Corrupt Microsoft Office Files
Ontrack’s EasyRecovery FileRepair
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Download these third party Microsoft Office Word recovery tools for a small fee, they are worth every penny, believe me. Please take note that these software does not comes with serial, crack, keygen. It is recommended that the user purchase the end product for the maximum output of file recovery.
These recovery tools will allow you to obtain access to the contents of corrupt word documents. It will repair Microsoft Word 6.0, Word 95, 97, 2000, XP, and 2003 for Windows. It is simple to use. Just open the corrupt Word file, preview the recoverable text in the preview window and save this text to a new error free Word file. The demo version will do the trick.
Method 3. Recover Microsoft Office Files from Temporary File
Another method is to locate the temporary file of the original file, usually the file hidden and stored on the same folder as the original. Enable ‘view all files’ in the “tools” -> “Folder Options” -> “View”. Enable View hidden files and locate the hidden Microsoft Office file.
This temporary file will have a few different letters after the tilde (or squiggly line “ ~”) . These are good ones to look for to find some lost info:
- A word document file will look like ~wrdxxxx.tmp
- A temp document file will look like ~wrfxxxx.tmp
- An auto recovery file will look like ~wraxxxx.tmp
Copy the file to a designated folder and rename the file extension from .tmp to .doc
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How do detect invisible user in Yahoo Messenger? I find it annoying when a person comes online with the status “Invisible to Everyone” in both Yahoo and MSN Messenger, things are made worst when both parties are invisible.
The invisible feature is great, there are times such as exam weeks when we don’t want to be disturbed because we would like to do some research online or keep in touch with classmates, discussing the exam paper, or we’re coming online for a short period of time just to check our email, that’s the time when we don’t want anyone to bug us or we’re not in the mood to entertain them.
There are various web application that is able to reveal invisible Yahoo Messenger user, XEEBER and Invisible scanner are the better ones in the market, its free!
As for MSN Messenger, there is only one tool available, the Show Invisible MSN Messenger Status detector, it reveals, finds, and detects you and your contact lists MSN information and inform you all you want to know about your contacts. For example which person deleted or blocked you.
For those who are curious about which of his/her friends deleted or blocked them, do give the service a try but be cautious, I believe the tool is meant to be some sort of email harvesting application or another email hijacking tool created by spammers. Give it a try but remember to change your password as soon as you’re done with it.
Rule number one, never reveal your password to other company besides the original service provider.
Here is a cool little MSN Name Trick that allows you to have an invisible MSN Screen Name. This nickname trick should work for most versions of Messenger (ie MSN 6, 7.5, 8.0). Just follow these instructions:
- Open the Options window so you can change your MSN Name
- Hold down ALT on your keyboard and type in 0160 using the Numeric Keypad (usually on the right side of your keyboard)
- Click OK to save your new Invisible MSN Name!
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