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Subject:Re: Word 7 recovery files From:deborah <deborah -at- evostor -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, Robert Courtney <bobsc1 -at- earthlink -dot- net> Date:Wed, 19 May 2010 09:45:19 +1000
Corrupted is corrupted, but maybe just maybe you can still access the
underlying XML so that you can salvage at least some of the content. Not
sure if this is one of Microsoft's suggestions, but try changing the
file extension to .zip. Unzip the file and see if you can access the
/document.xml/ file which is located in the /word /directory.
cheers,
deborah
On 19/05/2010 2:03 AM, Robert Courtney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, it seems I have a word 7 .docx file that got corrupted on me. I
> have a main document I was using to create this document so I can
> recreated it, but it will be 3 days of work I need to redo.
>
> Does anyone know of a freeware or suggestion on file recovery software
> that I don't need to buy?
>
> Wouldn't you know it I just didn't quite save it as a backup.
>
> I am currently looking at the MS recovery suggestions for MS word files
> now. I don't seem to be having any luck with the methods so far.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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