document corrupt

D

Dan

Have a corrupt file on a cd-rw disk -- word cannot open. Are there any
utilities that can try to pick yp as much as possible from the CD? Thanks.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Word will not open any file directly from a CD (even a CD-RW) because it
cannot create the needed temp files on this disk. Copy the file to your HD
and open from there.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

If the file will open only as Read Only, I wonder if you could use the
"Recover Text from Any File" setting.
 
A

Andre Da Costa

From File > Open > Files of type: (pop down menu), select Recover Text from
Any File, navigate to where the corrupted document is located.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.
 
A

Andre Da Costa

Suzanne, I don't understand, I have opened Word files other Office files
from a CD-ROM, and they open ok, but as "Read Only"? I understand to edit
the file, it must be saved to hard disk. But in terms of opening from a CD
I have not encountered any problems.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.
 
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