Open a document after a file corruption error

Excel for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Word 2021 Word 2019 Excel 2016 Word 2016 PowerPoint 2016 More...Less Sometimes a file can be damaged in such a way that Word, Excel, or PowerPoint can't open it normally. But all is not lost. The Open and Repair command might be able to recover your file. Click File > Open > Browse and then go to the location or folder where the document (Word), workbook (Excel), or presentation (PowerPoint) is stored. Don't try to open the file from the Recent section as this won't go into the Open dialog box. Click the file you want, and then click the arrow next to Open, and click Open and Repair. Preventing file corruption in the future Problems with file corruption typically happen when the file is stored on a USB device that is disconnected while the device is open in Windows. You can prevent damaging files by using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows taskbar. If you don't see the icon, click the up-arrow in th...