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The thread discusses issues with damaged Microsoft Office files, including a request for help recovering corrupted documents, with suggestions emphasizing the importance of backups and best practices like using "Save As" to prevent file corruption. Participants recommend various solutions, such as repair tools and file management techniques, highlighting that maintaining reliable backups is the most effective method. Overall, the conversation reflects a cautious and solution-oriented approach toward file repair and prevention of data loss.
The thread discusses issues with damaged Microsoft Office files, including a request for help recovering corrupted documents, with suggestions emphasizing the importance of backups and best practices like using "Save As" to prevent file corruption. Participants recommend various solutions, such as repair tools and file management techniques, highlighting that maintaining reliable backups is the most effective method. Overall, the conversation reflects a cautious and solution-oriented approach toward file repair and prevention of data loss.
livix07
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Please give more details.
What project is it (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)?
what version of Microsoft Office do you use?
Do the rest of the projects open and look well?
Can you post a screenshot of the document opened?
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There are some sites that claim they can repair the files, but honestly having a good backup is your best solution. Side note pretty much all MS file formats doc, docx, xls, xlsx etc are really just zip files that contain a bunch of xml files.
Because of the way Project stores files, file fragmentation may be the basic cause. To make sure this isn’t the problem: open your .mpp file then select File/Save immediately before doing any other action. Only if you save immediately after opening does Project defragment its .mpp file. If you do not have external links in your file, (i.e. resource pool, master with subprojects, etc.), then a good practice is to always use Save As instead of a straight Save with your file after editing. Or you can try to use mpp repair, very nice paid service. This helps keep editing clutter from being appended to the file. However, be advised that using Save As with linked files can actually create corruption/bloat due to multiple link paths being created IF the file is not saved back to its original name and path
