Windows 10 Understanding Word Document Corruption: Causes and Prevention Strategies

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Word 16 suddenly would not open a document I've been working on for a while. I get the error that it needs to be recovered. After I recovered it the file contents were gibberish. My question is how do word documents become corrupt? Can this be prevented?
 
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Yes. You can't close word without a save dialog if you have made changes.
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That's true but it can happen that people forget to close the application and turn off their computer.
Have you run sfc /scannow to check if the file system is corrupt?
You can also create a free Office account online and try to open that file online, see here Office 365 Login | Microsoft Office
 
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