{"id":858,"date":"2018-10-11T06:26:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T06:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/?p=858"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:17:44","slug":"top-3-methods-repair-corrupt-ms-word-file-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/top-3-methods-repair-corrupt-ms-word-file-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 Methods to Repair Corrupt MS Word File 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MS Word application from Microsoft Office suite is widely used. From students to professionals everyone requires word application to prepare reports, project files, and perform many other tasks. It is easy to use and have great features that make the task to do easily. But sometime the application behaves abnormally. Many users complain about error that MS word is not opening or Word file became corrupt. This really creates a lot of problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine a situation when you prepare an important report in Word file and it fails to open. The situation is extremely frustrating. So, we should have knowledge of methods that can repair a word file instantly without any data loss. \u00a0Here we will discuss some of the top methods by which corrupted word file can be recovered in MS Word 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Best Methods to Recover MS Word File<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can use any of the following methods depending on the type of error encountered<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Open and Repair Word File<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/open-and-repair-ms-word-file.jpg\" alt=\"open and repair ms word file\" width=\"524\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open the MS Word Application in your system (not the doc file)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the File menu and go to Open tab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dialog box will prompt asking to open MS Word file<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now select the Word file in which you are facing problem (do not double click)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Open dialog box, click on the down arrow button and select option \u2018Open and Repair\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the MS word will perform the automatic repair function <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once completed the file will open in Word<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Change Format of File<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/repair-doc-file-in-word-2016.jpg\" alt=\"repair doc file in word 2016\" width=\"524\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a trick that can be used to repair MS word document<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the file location where corrupt MS word file is stored<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now Rename the file and change the format of DOC file<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rename XYZ.doc file to XYZ.rtf or XYZ.txt and click on save button<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A message will prompt that the file may behave abnormally, click on Yes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now open the RTF or TXT file, if it opens without any error then<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a new Word file and copy paste data from .txt or .rtf file<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save the new file and you MS word document will be recovered<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Repair MS Office Suite<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very essential to know the cause of problem, it may not be the Word file that is corrupt but the MS Word application. You can ensure it by checking Word document on other computer. If such is the case then repair MS Word 2016 by following steps<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/repair-ms-office-2016.png\" alt=\"repair ms office 2016\" width=\"503\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First close and Exit MS word, you can terminate the application from Task Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to Start and click on Control Panel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now select the option Uninstall a program in Programs section<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for the Microsoft Office program and select it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now click on Change button at top program window<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select Repair option and click on continue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office will troubleshoot problem if found any <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now exit the troubleshoot window and Launch MS word<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open the MS Word doc file <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the word application has been repaired, you can start and use it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the top 3 methods by which you can repair and recover files in MS word. Apart from this you can try CHKDSK command to remove errors and repair .doc file.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Word application from Microsoft Office suite is widely used. From students to professionals everyone requires word application to prepare reports, project files, and perform many other tasks. It is easy to use and have great features that make the task to do easily. But sometime the application behaves abnormally. 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