File Recovery Converter

[retired in MI]

I have a problem with the following instruction.

Use the file recovery converter

If a document is saved in the Word 97-2003 format, with either the .doc or
..dot file extension, you can use the Recover Text Converter at any time to
open a document that has been damaged and recover the text.

After you open the damaged document, you can then save it in Word format or
in another format (for example, text or HTML format). Text in paragraphs,
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and fields is recovered as plain text.
Document formats, graphics, fields, drawing objects, and any other
information that is not text are not recovered.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Scroll down to the General section, and select the Confirm file format
conversion on open check box, and then click OK.
4. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Open.
5. In the box next to the File name box on a computer that is running
Windows Vista, or in the Files of type list on a computer that is running
Windows XP, select Recover Text from Any File.

If you don't see Recover Text from Any File in the Files of type list,
you need to install the file converter.

ShowHow?
1. In Microsoft Windows, click the Start button, and then click
Control Panel.
2. Do one of the following:

ShowIn Windows Vista
1. In Control Panel, click Uninstall a program.
2. In the list of programs, click the listing for Microsoft
Office or Microsoft Word, depending on whether you installed Word as part of
Office or as an individual program, and then click Change.

ShowIn Microsoft Windows XP
1. In Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
2. In the Currently installed programs box, click the listing
for Microsoft Office or Microsoft Word, depending on whether you installed
Word as part of Office or as an individual program, and then click Change.
3. Under Change your installation of Microsoft Office, click Add or
Remove Features, and then click Continue.
4. Under Installation Options, expand Office Shared Features.
5. Expand Converters and Filters, and then expand Text Converters.
6. Click the arrow next to Recover Text Converter, and then click
Run from My Computer.
6. Open the document as usual.

Question: Icannot find the button referred to in the following instruction.
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.

 

[Jay Freedman]

The "Microsoft Office Button" is the big round thing in the upper left
corner of all Office 2007 programs. Lots of people seem to think it's
just a decoration, but it is in fact a button. Click it. In the menu
that appears, the Word Options button is at the bottom right.

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:19:00 -0800, retired in MI <retired in

I have a problem with the following instruction.

Use the file recovery converter

If a document is saved in the Word 97-2003 format, with either the .doc or
.dot file extension, you can use the Recover Text Converter at any time to
open a document that has been damaged and recover the text.

After you open the damaged document, you can then save it in Word format or
in another format (for example, text or HTML format). Text in paragraphs,
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and fields is recovered as plain text.
Document formats, graphics, fields, drawing objects, and any other
information that is not text are not recovered.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.
2. Click Advanced.
[snip]

Question: Icannot find the button referred to in the following instruction.
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.

 

[retired in MI]

I have a problem with the following instruction.

Use the file recovery converter

If a document is saved in the Word 97-2003 format, with either the .doc or
.dot file extension, you can use the Recover Text Converter at any time to
open a document that has been damaged and recover the text.

After you open the damaged document, you can then save it in Word format or
in another format (for example, text or HTML format). Text in paragraphs,
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and fields is recovered as plain text.
Document formats, graphics, fields, drawing objects, and any other
information that is not text are not recovered.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Scroll down to the General section, and select the Confirm file format
conversion on open check box, and then click OK.
4. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Open.
5. In the box next to the File name box on a computer that is running
Windows Vista, or in the Files of type list on a computer that is running
Windows XP, select Recover Text from Any File.

If you don't see Recover Text from Any File in the Files of type list,
you need to install the file converter.

ShowHow?
1. In Microsoft Windows, click the Start button, and then click
Control Panel.
2. Do one of the following:

ShowIn Windows Vista
1. In Control Panel, click Uninstall a program.
2. In the list of programs, click the listing for Microsoft
Office or Microsoft Word, depending on whether you installed Word as part of
Office or as an individual program, and then click Change.

ShowIn Microsoft Windows XP
1. In Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.
2. In the Currently installed programs box, click the listing
for Microsoft Office or Microsoft Word, depending on whether you installed
Word as part of Office or as an individual program, and then click Change.
3. Under Change your installation of Microsoft Office, click Add or
Remove Features, and then click Continue.
4. Under Installation Options, expand Office Shared Features.
5. Expand Converters and Filters, and then expand Text Converters.
6. Click the arrow next to Recover Text Converter, and then click
Run from My Computer.
6. Open the document as usual.

Question: Icannot find the button referred to in the following instruction.
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.

 

[retired in MI]

The "Microsoft Office Button" is the big round thing in the upper left
corner of all Office 2007 programs. Lots of people seem to think it's
just a decoration, but it is in fact a button. Click it. In the menu
that appears, the Word Options button is at the bottom right.

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:19:00 -0800, retired in MI <retired in

I have a problem with the following instruction.

Use the file recovery converter

If a document is saved in the Word 97-2003 format, with either the .doc or
.dot file extension, you can use the Recover Text Converter at any time to
open a document that has been damaged and recover the text.

After you open the damaged document, you can then save it in Word format or
in another format (for example, text or HTML format). Text in paragraphs,
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and fields is recovered as plain text.
Document formats, graphics, fields, drawing objects, and any other
information that is not text are not recovered.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.
2. Click Advanced.
[snip]

Question: Icannot find the button referred to in the following instruction.
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click Word
Options.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[retired in MI]

 

[Jay Freedman]

There was an error in the beginning. I do not have 2007 Office Word. My version is 2003, and I do not see a button at the top left of window.

In that case you have the wrong set of instructions, as these are
explicitly for Word 2007.

In Word 2003, the equivalent would be this:

- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- In the Options dialog, select the General tab.
- Check the "Confirm conversion at Open" box and click OK.
- On the File menu, click Open.
- In the "Files of type" box, select "Recover Text from Any File
(*.*)".
- Select the file and click the Open button.