“When I tried to open my Word file in Microsoft Office 2016, it came up with the message that the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. The other office products work well. How can I recover the corrupted and unreadable word document?”
Microsoft Word is commonly used by people all over the world, which can be used to write the paper and important notes. But when you are unable to reach the word file content, how can you do it? Don’t worry; it is easy to fix the corrupted and unreadable files.
- Way 1: Recover the Corrupted and Unreadable Word File Content
- Way 2: Force Word to Open and Repair the Unreadable Word File
Way 1: Recover the Corrupted and Unreadable Word File Content
How can you recover the corrupted word file without any changing to its original text, font, pictures, and hyperlinks etc.? Yes, you need the professional Word repair tool—iSunshare Word Repair Genius. It can help to repair the corrupted .docx file while preserving its original formatting and layout. You can use it to make the corrupted Word .docx file readable within simple steps. Attention: it only works in .docx format Word file.
Step 1: Download and install iSunshare Word Repair Genius on your Windows computer.
Step 2: Launch the software and make sure that you close the Microsoft Word program in advance.
Step 3: Click the Open button. Then you can locate to the corrupted Word file and import it into the software. After the software detects your file, it will start to restore the content immediately.
After a short time, it will pop out a box to tell you that the file is restored. Click the OK button to go ahead.
Step 4: Click the Save button and select the location where you want to store the restored Word file.
Step 5: After your file is saved, the software will inform you about that. You can directly open it by clicking the Yes button to check the corrupted content. If you do not want to read it at this time, you can click the No button to close the box.
After that, your corrupted file is repaired so that you can read, write and modify the content. iSunshare Word Repair Genius works on MS Word 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019 .docx files.
Way 2: Force Word to Open and Repair the Unreadable Word File
Microsoft Word has developed the auto-repair function for the users to open the corrupted document and repair it. You can try to repair it with this built-in feature.
You need to create a new Word document and then open the new Word document. In the left corner, you can click File and choose the Open option. When you see the Open dialog box, you can find and select your corrupted file. With a simple click on the arrow on the Open button, you can find and select the Open and Repair option. Then the Microsoft Word will help you open and repair the word document. But sometimes, it fails to help you recover the corrupted content.
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