Hi

If you use Windows Explorer, can you see your file listed in the folder in
which you saved it? Double-click in Windows Explorer to open it (or,
right-click and choose to open from there).

Alternatively, in Word, File Open. In the Files of Type box, choose Word
Documents (*.doc). Can you now navigate to where you saved your document,
and open it from there?

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"xsmearedblackinkx" wrote in
message ...
I was typing a paper in MicrosoftWord97 and had saved it numerous times,
etc,
etc. I went to open it about an hour after I finished and it will not
open.
I received a message that says "Word cannot open the document. Try one or
more of the following: On the file menu click open to open the document.
Make sure the document has a .doc extension." I have tried both options
and
it does have a .doc extension and it still will not work. Does anyone
know a
way I can open or recover this document?