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Subject:RE: MS Word 2000 document repair software? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:23:47 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Hart
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:33 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: MS Word 2000 document repair software?
>
> Pasdetrois (more nimble than Pas de deux?) wondered: <<Can
> anyone recommend a repair tool for a Word 2000 document?>>
>
> Depends entirely on what the problem is. Can you provide
> details on "repair"? What's damaged? So many things can go
> wrong with Word files that it's tough to troubleshoot without
> knowing what we're trying to do.
>
> I've read that Word 2003 offers an "open and repair option",
> but since I don't use that version, I can't speak to its
> success firsthand...
I can. I've used it a number of times and never had a problem.
Note that Word 2003 catches subtle corruptions that are tolerated (i.e.
unnoticed) by Word 2000. I've used Open and Repair on documents that
Word 2000 recognized as corrupt, as well as on documents that Word 2000
tolerated and only Word 2003 recognized as corrupt. In both cases, Open
and Repair restored the documents without any problem. YMMV
-- Dan Goldstein
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