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#1 What is the Text Recovery Converter in Word?

The **Text Recovery Converter for Microsoft Word** is a tool designed to open and repair damaged Microsoft Word documents or any other type of file. When a Microsoft Word document or any other file becomes corrupted due to system or program crashes, you can use the **Text Recovery Converter for Word** to recover as much information as possible.

Select Text Recovery Converter

The “Recover Text from Any File” option extracts and recovers text even from non-document files. In the following sections, we'll explain how to use the Text Recovery Converter to restore text and fix corrupted Word documents on both Mac and Windows computers.

How to Repair Corrupted Files with Word Document Recovery Converter

When Word encounters an error and displays "The file is corrupted and cannot be opened" or "The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents", you can try to fix the corrupted Word document or other files, such as HTML files, using the Text Recovery Converter.

Steps to use the Word Text Recovery Converter on a Mac or Windows computer:

Step 1: Open the Microsoft Word application on your computer.

Step 2: Click on the "File" tab in the upper-left corner of the Microsoft Word ribbon.

Click the “File” tab in Word. Click the File Tab

Step 3: On the main menu bar, click “Open” then “Browse” to locate where your Word file is saved.

Open a Word document

Step 4: Click on “All Files” in the bottom right corner. Then, select “Recover Text from Any File” from the drop-down menu.

Open Text Recovery Converter

Step 5: Select the file that contains the text you want to recover, and click the "Open" button. MS Word will open the file and restore the text.

Recover Text from Any File

As its name suggests, the Text Recovery Converter only extracts text from files. If you want to fix a Word document that contains images, charts, or other embedded elements, this option might not be suitable. The Text Recovery Converter is just one of several ways to fix a damaged file. We also have a full guide on how to repair Word online.

How to Use a File Repair Tool to Fix a Corrupted Word Document

A better option than a Word text recovery converter is a professional file repair tool, such as the Fixo Tools, which effectively recovers and repairs damaged Word documents.

As a world-renowned file repair tool, Fixo can help fix various corrupted files, such as repairing JPEG files, videos, and documents.

The following steps show you how to use the Fixo Document Repair software to fix a corrupted Word document. See the full guide for more information.

Step 1: Download and run Fixo on your computer or laptop. Select "File Repair" to fix corrupted Office documents, including Word, Excel, PDF, and so on. Click "Add File" to select the damaged document.

Repair documents with Fixo

Step 2. Click on “Repair All” to fix multiple files at once. If you want to repair a single file, hover over the target file and select “Repair.” You can also preview the document by clicking on the eye icon.

Select the file to repair

Step 3: Click “Save” to save the selected files. Choose “Save All” to save all repaired files. Select “View Repaired Files” to locate the folder with the repaired files.

Save the repaired document in Fixo

You can also gather more information in the following video, which offers a more specific tutorial on using Fixo to repair damaged Word documents:

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 00:14 Method 1. Insert into a New Word Document
    • 00:38 Method 2. Use Open and Repair
    • 00:55 Method 3. Default Settings
    • 01:30 Method 4. Utilize the Fixo Document Repair Tool

How to use Microsoft's "Open and Repair" tool to fix a corrupted Word document

Aside from the Word Document Recovery Converter, Microsoft Office also comes with another Word repair tool called Open and Repair. This feature helps you fix corrupted Word or Excel files caused by invalid file formats or file extensions.

Step 1: Launch Microsoft Office Word, and then click File > Open > Browse.

Open the Word document

Step 2: Go to the location or folder where the corrupted Word file is saved.

Step 3: Choose the Word file you want to fix. Click the drop-down arrow next to the “Open” button, and select “Open and Repair.”

Repair a Word document using Open and Repair

Using the Microsoft Office Repair tool will automatically fix and open your Word document. You can then check and save the repaired document as a new file. If the Document Recovery utility still doesn't work, proceed with the file repair tools below to fix the corrupted file.

Conclusion

Text Recovery Converter helps in retrieving text data from Word and other files. When faced with fire damage, try using this tool first to check and repair your documents. If that fails, resorting to file repair tools like Fixo is a wise option.

Though using a file repair utility is an effective way to recover a document, we still highly recommend that you make it a habit to back up your files regularly. If you don't fancy backing up your files manually, you can use Windows Backup software to do it for you.

Frequently Asked Questions about Word Text Recovery Converter

Refer to the following questions and answers for more information about the Word Text Recovery Converter with UTF-8 encoding.

**1. What is the Text Recovery Converter in Word?**

If you've ever lost a document to a crashed or power-failed Microsoft Word session, you're familiar with the Text Recovery Converter, whose job it is to salvage damaged files so you can pick up where you left off.

A Text Recovery Converter for Word is a tool designed to repair corrupted Microsoft Word files. It works by scanning the document to locate recoverable text and then converts it into a format that can be opened in Word.

2. What is a Text Recovery Converter for Mac?

The Text Recovery Converter is a feature in Microsoft Office for Mac that helps recover lost or damaged Word documents. When you attempt to open a corrupted or faulty file, the Text Recovery Converter tries to repair it and salvage as much of the original content as possible.

How to open a file with Text Recovery Converter?

To use the Text Recovery Converter, simply open the damaged or corrupted document in Microsoft Office. Click "File," then select "Open" and "Browse." In the prompt window, click "All Files" and choose "Recover Text from Any File."

A text recovery converter will scan the file for errors and attempt to fix them. In some cases, a text recovery converter may not be able to fully repair a file, but it can often salvage most of the original content.

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