How to Troubleshoot Microsoft Word for Mac
Microsoft Word is a very popular word processing program for computers. The Macintosh version does not follow all the conventions of the Mac's operating system. This can cause it to shut down unexpectedly, causing the partial or complete loss of a Word document that was being worked on. Troubleshooting Microsoft Word for data file corruption will enable the damaged file to be repaired and used. This will keep the time spent creating a word document from being lost.
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Instructions
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Run Microsoft Word for Mac. Load in the damaged file. Copy the entire document by pressing "Command+C." Close the document by clicking on the red close button at the upper left hand corner of the document.
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Create a new document by pressing "Command+N." Paste the text into the new document by pressing "Command+V."
Go to "File>Save As" in the menu at the top of the screen.
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Give the document a different name than the original document in the "Save As" column at the top of the window that has now appeared. Use the drop down menu below the "Save As" column to navigate to where this document will be saved.
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Click on the "Format" column near the middle of the window. Select "Rich Text Format (RTF)" from the drop down menu. Press the "Save" button at the lower right hand corner of the window to close the window and save the file.
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Go to "File>Open" and select the new document that has just been saved. Press the "Open" button at the lower right hand corner to close the window and load in the file.
Go to "File>Save As" and select "Word Document" from the "Format" column drop down menu. Press the "Save" button at the lower right hand corner of the window to close the window and save the file. Use this Word document file as the replacement for the damaged file.
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Tips & Warnings
Save your document files often so as to avoid losing work should Microsoft Word crash. Make copies of the finished Word documents and store them on another hard drive or onto a CD or DVD. Should the Word document being used get corrupted and refuse to load into Microsoft Word, there is a backup to use instead.
The license for using Microsoft Word on a Macintosh is for one particular computer. Putting a copy on multiple Macintosh computers will cause the program to refuse to work if more than one copy of the program is running.
