Repair Damaged Word Files Free

Some common error messages which can prevent a user opening a Microsoft Word document include :

• “The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document.”
• “Word cannot open the document.”
• “Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges.”
• When you attempt to open a Microsoft Word 97 document into Microsoft Word version 6.x or 7.x, the document contains garbage characters.

1- Repair My Word – Data Recovery for Damaged Word Files

Repair My Word is a data recovery program for Microsoft Word documents. It is designed to recover text from damaged or corrupt Word files (.doc files) that will not open normally. The recovered text can then be saved as an error freeMicrosoft Word document.

Repair My Word 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.

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Repair My Word 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.

2- DocRepair – Repair Corrupt, unOpenable Word Documents

DocRepair is a professional file recovery software for corrupted Microsoft® Word files and documents. DocRepair can recover and restore corrupted, damaged, or un-openable Word files.

DocRepair works for documents created by Microsoft® Word 6.0, Word 95, 97, 2000, XP, 2003 and Word 2007 for Windows, Word for Mac, and more.

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DocRepair 3.0 is the first and only software product in the market that supports corrupted Word 2007 document file (.DOC and .DOCX) repair.

3- Built In Repair Utility in Office 2007 to Fix Word Files

To repair a damaged Word doc, open MS Word and click on File and then Open as if you were normally going to open the file.

Now select the file you want to open by single-clicking on it, do not double-click the file. Now instead of clicking on Open, click on the small arrow at the far right of the Open button and choose Open and Repair.

That’s it! Word will repair the document and open it for you.