What Will I Lose by Using the "Recover Text from Any File" Converter?
The "Recover Text from Any File" converter has its limitations. Document formatting is lost, along with anything that is not formatted as text. Graphics, fields, drawing objects, and so on are not converted. However, headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and field text are retained as simple text.
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My Document Is Damaged: How Can I Recover the Information?
Note When you change the selection in the Files of type box (on the File menu, click Open) to Recover Text from Any File, Word retains this setting and uses it the next time that you open a document. To avoid this behavior, reset the Files of type box to Word Document (*.doc) after you have completed the recovery of your damaged document.
To Open a Word Document
To use the "Recover Text from Any File" converter with a Word document, follow these steps: 1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. In the Files of type box, click Recover Text from Any File(*,*).
3. Select the document that you want to recover the text from.
4. Click Open.
To Open a Non-Word File
To use the "Recover Text from Any File" converter with a non-Word file, follow these steps: 1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click to select the Confirm conversion at Open check box, and then click OK.
4. On the File menu, click Open.
5. In the Files of type box, click Recover Text from Any File.
6. Select the document that you want to recover the text from.
7. Click Open.
The "Recover Text from Any File" converter has its limitations. Document formatting is lost, along with anything that is not formatted as text. Graphics, fields, drawing objects, and so on are not converted. However, headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and field text are retained as simple text.
Back to the top
My Document Is Damaged: How Can I Recover the Information?
Note When you change the selection in the Files of type box (on the File menu, click Open) to Recover Text from Any File, Word retains this setting and uses it the next time that you open a document. To avoid this behavior, reset the Files of type box to Word Document (*.doc) after you have completed the recovery of your damaged document.
To Open a Word Document
To use the "Recover Text from Any File" converter with a Word document, follow these steps: 1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. In the Files of type box, click Recover Text from Any File(*,*).
3. Select the document that you want to recover the text from.
4. Click Open.
To Open a Non-Word File
To use the "Recover Text from Any File" converter with a non-Word file, follow these steps: 1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click to select the Confirm conversion at Open check box, and then click OK.
4. On the File menu, click Open.
5. In the Files of type box, click Recover Text from Any File.
6. Select the document that you want to recover the text from.
7. Click Open.
