Problems while Trying to Open a Word 2003 Document

As we know that Microsoft Word 2003 is a better and secure version, when compared to its predecessors. It introduces various features, like document comparison, reading layout view, Research Task Pane, improved change-tracking and more other features. You might observe several issues comes while trying to open a Word 2003 document. This might occur due to several reasons. One of the most is document corruption, to solve which you will need to use your recent file backup or repair it using Word Repair applications.
As an instance, you might observe any of the below symptoms while attempting to open a Word 2003 document:

• The document doesn�t open successfully and its text appears to be filled with strange characters like square boxes
• You encounter an error suggesting that the document is corrupt and to repair it, you should use Open and Repair option or Text Recovery converter
• You encounter a message indicating errors in file. The error further describes to check the file permissions and hard disk for sufficient space
• You observe File Conversion dialog box and Preview pane consisting of unreadable content

Cause
Word 2003 exhibits the above behavior in one of the following conditions:
Document is read-only
Links or the document is damaged
Solution
You need to ensure for appropriate file permissions. If this is not the case, try repairing the damaged Word 2003 document using these methods:

• Firstly Restore from backup
• Use Open and Repair feature
• If damaged links is the issue, you can open such documents in draft mode, making sure that you don�t update the links
• Create a new document and try inserting the damaged document as a file in it
• Create a new document and link the document from it
• Try opening the document in Word Pad

Use third-party Stellar word repair applications to scan and repair the Word 2003 document
Word Recovery tools come embedded with advanced scanning features to allow safe and complete Word document repair.