Word file 2013

[harlequill]

Hello,

When I try to open docx file (created in Word 2013) Word shows the following information:

“Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt“

Who has encountered a similar problem? How to treat it?

[Boggin]

Googling that error message brings up quite a lot of links on what seems like repairing the file.

I'll let you read through them http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Word+was+unable+to+read+this+document.+It+may+be+corrupt

[kappaladin]

Use Word's text converter it is one of the methods from Microsoft Corp., but another solutions collected from Internet space, one of them has a special status and is actual only for complicated cases with MS Word documents

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/474fddc0-ff4c-4a07-8e8b-7dba63b17ba9/how-to-recover-corrupted-word-files?forum=officeitpro
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-repair-damaged-and-corrupted-office-documents-easily/
https://word.recoverytoolbox.com/ Recovery Toolbox for Word

Recovery From Temporary Files
Another method is to locate the temporary file of the original file, usually the file hidden and stored on the same folder as the original.  Go to “Tools” | “Folder Options” | “View” and enable ‘View all files’. Enable View hidden files and locate the hidden Microsoft Office file.
 
This temporary file will have a few different letters after the tilde (or squiggly line “ ~”) .
•   A word document file will look like ~wrdxxxx.tmp
•   A temp document file will look like ~wrfxxxx.tmp
•   An auto recovery file will look like ~wraxxxx.tmp
 
Copy the file to a designated folder and rename the file extension from .tmp to .doc.
And you are done, and also saved hours of work.
If you find any problem with this method, please let us know in the comments, we will do our best to help you out.