[karol_zurek]

I have a damaged Word Document that was saved to a USB. It went from a size of 177kb to 4kb. The error: "Unexpected end of input. Location: Part: word/document.xml, Line: 2, column: 12679" Is there anything that can be done? Help.

[SydneyWade]

When a Word document file is corrupted, then you can try several methods to recover it:
1. First of all, you can try the recovery function integrated with Microsoft Word, as follows:
1) On the File menu, click Open.
2) In the Look in list, click the drive, folder, or Internet location that contains the file that you want to open.
3) In the folder list, locate and open the folder that contains the file.
4) Select the file that you want to recover.
5) Click the arrow next to the Open button, and then click Open and Repair.
You may find more information about this at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...005189610.aspx (for Word 2003)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893672/en-us (for Word 2007/2010/2013)
2. If you have multiple corrupt Word documents, then you can use the VBA macro provided in articlehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/893672/en-us so that all the files will be opened in "Open and Repair" option automatically.
3. There are also partially free software from third-parties that can open and read Microsoft Word documents, for example, SQL Server Recovery Toolbox. http://www.oemailrecovery.com/word_repair.html

[SydneyWade]

Here's something to look at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...kb;en-us;87856
https://community.office365.com/en-us/f/172/t/269739

[karol_zurek]

Thank you buddy for your help and time. your recommendations are very useful. the issue is resolved.