How to address table corruption in Word 2002 document

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:14:34 -0500

It's a difficult task to align text in a Word document by using tabs and spaces. To let you organize data in an easy-to-read format, Word has a provision of creating tables. Complex information can be presented in nicely done tables which contain a collection of various rows and columns. But, at times, inserting information in a table can be a jolting task. You might run into several error messages or encounter problems related to missing text, unformatted text etc. Such symptoms clearly suggest that the table you are working with is damaged or corrupt. Table corruption can also lead to document corruption and create serious data loss problems. You can surpass such situations if you have a healthy backup copy of the affected document with you. However, if no backup copy is present, you must try and use Word repair software.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you have a Word 2002 document which contains a complex table along with graphics. When you try and insert a text in the table or do some other task, the document might start to flicker or appear to be repaginating. Additionally, you might also encounter the following error message:

"A table in this document has become corrupted. To recover the contents of the table: select the table and choose Convert Table to Text from the Table menu."

Causes

The following causes can be taken into account for the above error message and abrupt behavior by the Word document in question:

•    If you have created a table in an earlier version of MS word and inserted it into Word 2002 document
•    Or if the table is actually corrupt and has lead to document corruption

Resolution

To ensure Word recovery, you must follow the below-mentioned steps:

•    Obtain the latest service pack of Windows XP i.e. Office XP Service Pack 3
•    You can try and repair the affected Word document by observing the following steps:
1.    Use 'Open and Repair' feature
2.    Try saving the affected doc in Rich Text Format and then converting it back to Word
3.    If the above steps do not work, grab a professional tool meant to perform Word repair in an effective manner.

Word Repair after Word 2007 Document Freezes all Computer Operations

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:30:28 -0500

So you have been working on a Word 2007 file lately, and suddenly today on opening that file, the computer has frozen! Are you not being able to access the file at all? Do you have to reboot your computer after every attempt made to open it? Well, then chances are that your Word 2007 file has become damaged. To check, try to open another Word file, and if that file is opening fine, then you can be sure that the file you have been working upon has a problem, and you'll have to pull out that backup to perform word repair! Another option is to use methods to repair word file.

Start Word 2007, go to the 'View' tab and in the 'Document Views' box, and click on 'Draft'. Further, click on 'Microsoft Office Button' before clicking options. In 'Display document content', select the check-boxes in front of 'Picture placeholders' and 'Draft font' in 'advanced options for working with Word'. Followed by this, uncheck the 'Update automatic links at Open' in 'Advanced options for working with Word' of the general section. After this, you should be able to open the file.

Open a new document, and from the insert tab, select 'Object' from the 'Text' box, and then click on 'Text From File'. Further, in the 'Insert File' dialog box, select the damaged document and all your data should be inserted. You can save this file with a new or the same name.

In a blank document, enter text "Creating a rescue link", and save the file, as "The Link". Now select "Creating a rescue link" and copy it. Paste this as 'Formatted Text (RTF)' into a new document with the help of the 'Clipboard'. Now right click this text, and select 'Links' from 'Linked Document Object'. And in the dialog box, that opens, select the linked file, and select 'Change Source'. In the new dialog box named 'Change Source', select the damaged document, and click Open, followed by OK for closing the dialog box. All the recoverable data will be displayed. Again right-click the linked object, reselect 'Links' from 'Linked Document Object'. In the dialog box, click Break-link, followed by Yes, when it reconfirms the link breakage.

Another useful option is 'Recover Text from Any word repair File ' in the 'Files of type' option available when you click 'Open' using 'Microsoft Office Button'. However, this option recovers only the text, the headers, footers, endnotes, and footnotes. No graphics, drawing objects, can be recovered.

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