Windows 10: Opening Word documents

Discus and support Opening Word documents in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi - As of yesterday evening I have been unable to open any documents either Word or PDF on my Lenovo ideapad laptop. Can anyone advise how to solve... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by MPHowe, Jun 22, 2020.

  1. MPHOWE
    MPHowe Win User

    Opening Word documents


    Hi - As of yesterday evening I have been unable to open any documents either Word or PDF on my Lenovo ideapad laptop. Can anyone advise how to solve this please?

    :)
     
    MPHowe, Jun 22, 2020
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  2. NATH BEA
    Nath Bea Win User

    Wrong "remove from list" document on word mobile.

    Hi,

    To further assist you with your concern about re-enabling files that were removed from the Recent Documents List in Word, we suggest to follow this steps:

    • Click the FILE tab in the program.
    • Click Options from the list on the left side of the screen.
    • On the Word Options dialog box, click Advanced in the list of options on the left.
    • On the Advanced screen, scroll down to the Display section. Select the value in the Show this number of Recent Documents edit box. You can choose to change the value to 0 to disable the list.
    • When you open Word, or select the Open option in the program, there are no documents in your Recent Documents list.
    • To re-enable the list, go back into the Word Options dialog box and enter the desired value (from 0 to 50, inclusive) in the Show this number of Recent Documents edit box on the Advanced screen. If any documents were previously displayed in the Recent Documents
      list, they are added to the list again.

    We're just here if you have further questions.

    Regards.
     
    Nath Bea, Jun 22, 2020
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  3. SHEENAREAD
    SheenaRead Win User
    Opening a Word Document

    Thank you for replying. The first line of my post did say


    • "I need to open a Word Document on a government website to complete a form."
     
    SheenaRead, Jun 22, 2020
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  4. JGUNNING
    jgunning Win User

    Opening Word documents

    Recovering corrupt word documents

    Please explain...?

    And I know this thread is abit of a spam magnet..for that I apologise.
    Unfortunately I cannot attach one of the files due to they need to remain confidential.

    I have tried the following:

    - Several "text" recovery programs.
    - I have tried using word to repair and open the documents
    - I have tried opening the documents in several other text browsers - ie. Notepad, wordpad etc
    - I have tried using winzip, winrar and 7zip to retreive text
    - I have tried changing options in word to attempt to open the document as a draft.
    - I have tried to use word to "insert text" from the document

    All these things havent worked for me yet.. *Cry :cry:
     
    jgunning, Jun 22, 2020
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