Recovering Damaged Text Files

Here's a handy tip to recover a corrupt or damaged text file through Word 97.

It doesn't have to startout a Word file either. This can be used to recover any file that contains text.

Here's how you do it:

1. Open Word 97
2. Click FILE->OPEN and click the file you wish to recover to select it.
3. Down near the bottom of the page on the "Files of type" section, choose "Recover text from any file"
4. Click "Open".