Thanks for the follow-up Dave - much appreciated. I didn't know that Hex Editors were Goofy though... :-)
So - I tried renaming to just DOC - but, it still would load up. I then renamed it as RTF ext - but, alas - I went to open WordPad - and seems it doesn't exist on my work PC here. It has Win7 Pro SP1 running on it. It seems I don't have a Hex Editor on my PC here either. I was looking for a built-in Hex editor type prog in Windows - like under Accessories - but, couldn't seem to find anything. Will have to look around for a Hex editor and try to give that a shot. -K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File Kurt, A couple of possible things. Firstly with it being a 2003 file then the xml docx format wasn't in use unless you have added the Microsoft Compatibility kit. The docx format may have become corrupted in some way so try copying it and rename the copy as a .doc then try re-opening it. If this fails then open it with a goof hex editor and you should be able to pull at least the text area of the document. In addition you can try renaming the copy to .rtf and open it in "M$ Wordpad" again it may not be perfect but you should be able to recover the important text as long as you remember to turn wordwrap off. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Wendt Sent: 23 July 2015 14:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File OK - am trying this again. I posted last night from home - but, message did NOT appear - even by this morning. And, I even checked the Archive just now - and it's not there. So - here goes... The daughter of my buddy has a homework assignment report she was writing up in Word. I believe it's like 2003 version. She tried to open the Doc last night - and its corrupted. Since the Doc has a docx extension - I figured that it's really XML based - and thought I could load it up in IE - since I know that IE can open XML type files. But, alas - that failed. And, the poor girl is practically Begging for help. So - any input from you folks would be Greatly appreciated. Regards, Kurt Wendt Consultant GLOBETAX 90 Broad Street New York, NY 10004-2205, U.S.A. Tel. +1-212-747-9100 Fax. +1-212-747-0029 Email: [email protected]<mailto:%[email protected]> Web: www.GlobeTax.com<http://www.globetax.com/> GlobeTax does not provide or offer, and this is not, tax, investment or legal advice. This email and any attachments hereto is intended only for use by the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please immediately notify the sender at +1-212-747-9100 and permanently delete the original and any copies of this e-mail. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f1ce...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
