If the document is corrupted and none of the previous methods work, try to recover its content by opening the document with Notepad. You may have to change the file type from "Text Documents. Select File , and then select Save As… Rename the document to make sure that you don't overwrite the damaged one.
Go back to Word and open the new document. Once in Word, you can clean it up and try to reapply the lost format.
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Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Note You might have to reapply some formatting to the last section of the new document. Note The information from the damaged document will appear if there was any recoverable data or text. Note If you are using Word and there is not a file button in the User Interface, choose the Office Button and follow the directions when necessary.
Note If your document contains section breaks, copy only the text between the sections breaks. Note When you save files in the Plain Text. Note By using this method, you will lose all formatting. The intention is to recover the content. You could create a new set of styles, but for our purposes, Word's existing heading styles, Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on, provide a good foundation.
Most everything you need is built in and can be easily modified. If heading styles are already in use and you must work in a production document, you'll have to create new styles. The existing heading styles Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on are based on the Normal style. All you have to do is add a numbering scheme to the top heading style and watch the settings trickle down.
Always begin with the main level heading. In this case, that's Heading 1. To edit Heading 1, do the following:. You just added a numbering scheme to the main heading style, Heading 1. Beginning with Heading 2, add the scheme to the sublevel headings, as follows:.
As stated above if I choose "Save" from the options presented I never get the same dialogue again for the samre doc, so it's not critical. But it happens every single time I create a new document and I thought it was about time I asked the MS Office experts why this was.
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