How to Repair Corrupted Excel Files Easily and Quickly
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How to Repair a Corrupt Excel File - Have you ever seen an error message when opening an Excel file on your computer? This happens often, which is why many people are looking for how to fix an Excel file doing this degenerate.
Luckily, there are several ways to fix this. This is a method you can try, gang. Look at this!
How to Repair Corrupted Excel Files Easily and Quickly
1. Improvements using the MS Excel application
When Microsoft Excel detects a corrupt workbook after you open the workbook, Microsoft Excel automatically launches File Recovery mode and tries to repair the workbook.
If File Recovery mode doesn't start, try using this manual process to restore your workbooks.
Step 1 - Select "Open"
On the File menu, select Open. In any version of Microsoft Excel, click the Office button and select Open.
Step 2 - Select Look Inside
Select the controls you want to view, select the damaged file.
Step 3 - Select Open and Repair
Select the drop-down menu from the Open button, select Open and Repair.
Step 4 - Click Repair
If this is your first attempt to repair the workbook manually, click Repair in the dialog box that appears.
2. Use the Last Saved Version
If the file is damaged (degraded) it is a file in progress, so do not save it file. It is best to revert to the last saved version of the file.
Doing this without saving first may eliminate whatever is corrupting the file. So you will I lose some data but this is better than losing all data.
One thing you should pay attention to is your habit of frequently saving your work.
To open the last saved file (last recorded) is generally the same as opening an Excel file.
Step 1 - Select Open
Select Open from the File menu. In Excel, click the Office button and select Open.
Step 2 - Use Look Inside
Set the location and name of the damaged file using the Look In control.
Step 3 - Click Open.
- Try opening the file with another application
- If MS Excel can't open the file down Microsoft then provides an application that can help; for example Microsoft tools:
Step 1 – Select All Programs
For those of you who are Windows 7 users, select All Programs from the Windows XP Start menu.
Step 2 - Select Microsoft Office
Use Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Tools, and Microsoft Office Application Recovery.
Step 3 - Select Microsoft Excel
In the dialog box, select Microsoft Office Excel.
Step 4 - Click Restore Application
Your damaged Excel file will start repairing.
3. Opening Damaged Files with Other Programs
If Excel won't open the workbook. If it's damaged, there are other programs that can try to open it. Microsoft Tools is an option.
Below is how to repair a damaged Excel file with Microsoft Tool.
- In Windows 7, click Start, and in Windows Vista/7, click the Start button, select All Programs.
- Use Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Tools, and Microsoft Office Application Recovery.
- In the dialog box that appears, select Microsoft Office Excel.
- Click Restore Application.
Damaged workbooks can also be opened using Microsoft Word Book. The only Word Book alternative will convert all data to text format.
But WordPad doesn't return the formula. But WordPad will at least recover your important data.
WordPad will also restore callable VBS procedures (macros). Recovered text for Subs and Functions to call them.
It is also possible to open a damaged .xls file with Word, but again, the only thing that can be recovered is the data, although the results displayed are complicated.
So friends, apply this method only as a last resort if the previous two methods don't work.
Last word
Friends, don't give up and rewrite broken or damaged excel files. Who knows, the file can still be played using the method ApkVenue provides.
Did you know, you can do some of the methods above easily. Good luck!