How Do i Recover Office Files ?
How Do I Recover Office Files ?
If the
Microsoft Office or Office family program you are using is not
responding, how can we recover any open files?
On the Microsoft
Windows
Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools,
and then click Microsoft Office Application Recovery.
In the Application list, click the program or document that is
not responding.
Do one of the following
To attempt to recover the files you were working on, click
Recover Application or Restart Application.
If you just want to close the program, and lose recent changes
to the files, click End Application.
The error that caused the problem can be reported to Microsoft
for use in improving future versions of the program. Click
Report problem or Don’t report problem.
How do I recover office files
If an office
application file appears to be corrupt or simply cannot be open,
try the following tip
Open the files relevant
application
From File Menu Open, find the document with the
problems and highlight
On the Open button you will see a small down arrow
as in the below image, once you click this you'll then get a sub
menu, now select Open and Repair , once you open the file
then it should automatically be repaired.
The image below
was take from Microsoft Word, but same principles can be applied
to Microsoft Excel

Open the Office or Office
family program
Review the files listed in the Document Recovery task pane which
appears on the left had side,
(the task pane is a window within an Office application that
provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size
allow you to use these commands while still working on your
files.), and decide which to keep. How?
If a file has the word Recovered in the title it is usually a
file that contains more recent changes than a file with the word
Original in the title.
If you want to view what repairs were made to a file, point to
the file in the Document Recovery task pane, click the arrow
next to the file’s name, and then click Show Repairs.
If you want to review the versions that were recovered, open all
of the versions and save the best one.
For each file you want to keep, point to the file in the
Document Recovery task pane, click the arrow next to the file’s
name, and then do one of the following:
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To work with the file, click Open
To save the file, click Save As, and then enter a
name for the file. By default, the file is saved in the same
folder as the original file. If you use the same name as the
original file, the original is overwritten. When you see a
message asking whether you want to replace the existing file
with the changes you made up to the last time you saved the file
click Yes.
When you have opened or saved all of the files you want to keep,
click Close in the Document Recovery task pane
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