{"id":352,"date":"2016-12-12T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2021-07-02T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T11:10:00","slug":"how-to-be-prepared-against-ms-word-document-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/how-to-be-prepared-against-ms-word-document-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Word document issues & How to be prepared against them?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Word is the most popular application of the MS Office Suite. It is extensively used by individuals, professionals, and organization to create, edit, and maintain their essential documents. It has a lot of unique features like efficient spell check, autocorrect, bullets and numbering, image tools, multiple design options, and much more. However, One difficulty with MS Word is that it is also vulnerable to corruption and errors.
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\nCommon MS Word errors and issues<\/strong><\/p>\n

When corrupt, MS Word documents may show unexpected behavior: they may send error messages, display layout\/formatting incorrectly, show unreadable characters on the screen, renumber pages repeatedly, redo breaks in the page, or halt the computer from responding. Also, it may send some error messages like:<\/p>\n

\u201cWord document will not open. Word document appears to be corrupted, unreadable or damaged.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnexpected error occurred and a word document hasn\u2019t been saved and\/or how to recover a lost word file.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe macros in the project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

All these error messages indicate damages to the MS word document or its template.  Usually, such errors occur when the Word file fail to save the information because of abrupt exit. It is better to be ready to tackle such issues by taking necessary steps in advance.<\/p>\n

Ways to be prepared against MS Word issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are many ways to repair damaged MS word documents\u2014using inbuilt tools or using professional MS Word recovery tools. Also, it is recommended to be prepared against such issues. Here, we will show how to use the AutoRecover feature to recover Word documents after they are closed unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

How to configure auto recovery settings in MS Word?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The inbuilt AutoRecover feature of MS Word helps in recovering accidentally closed files. It saves the data in definite intervals as specified by the user to facilitate recovery when there is a need. Here is the complete procedure to use the AutoRecover feature:<\/p>\n