Hello-

Do you have the option set for 'Always Create Backup Copy'? If so you may
have a usable backup in the same folder as the original, but it will have a
..wbk extension instead of .doc, but the same file name.

If you don't have that feature on & have not created a backup in some other
way, you don't have too many choices :(

Depending on your version of Word, you can try FileOpen, go to the bottom
of the dialog box, open the 'Files of Type:' list & choose Recover Text from
Any File (*.*)', although this will not recover anything but the text without
it's formatting.

BTW, did I use the word 'backup' anywhere in this reply ?

Good Luck |:)

"Rosemary" wrote:

I have a 450-paged document that I add to on a daily basis and when I tried
to open it this morning it either won't open and the screen just vibrates or
it opens with unrecognizable characters or codes. I tried doing a system
recovery but that didn't work.

Can anyone help me bring my Word document back to where it was yesterday?