Not Able to Open Word Documents in Outlook?

Fix your Not Opening Word Attachments

Hello! Everyone there is an unusual problem which I am encountering with my attached Word (.doc) attachment in Outlook. Whenever I try to open a document file enclosed in Outlook it opens as a graphic file; saving the Word file on my computer and double clicking on the file to open it also doesn’t work. I’m able to open all the other attachments such as .jpg, .txt, .mp3 etc but not .doc; the error message that I receive is,“Word experienced an error trying to open the file”. Any suggestions to overcome from this problem?

Many a times Word attached files with Outlook starts throwing error messages when you attempt to open the file. Other than the error message stated above, there are other error messages such as “Word experienced an error trying to open the file” etc. this usually happens if your attached Word file is corrupt (or) damaged. There are several causes due to which a Word file on Outlook gets corrupt and inaccessible.

Some of the prominent events include:

• Interruptions while synchronizing Outlook emails with exchange servers
• Malware infection on Outlook profile which had your attached Word file emails
• Outlook up gradation from one version to another
• Bad sectors on hard disk where your Outlook profile folder is placed

But luckily, there are few very handy suggestions through which you can open a Word document attached with an Outlook email.

• You can try saving or opening your Word document when Outlook is in safe mode
• Check for the permission of your Word document (or) drive where you are saving the Word file
• Ensure there is enough disk space and sufficient memory space for Outlook emails
• Try repairing the Word file using “Open and Repair” feature
• Run Microsoft Office Diagnostics utility on the Word file

Even after following the above stated techniques, if you still unable to open Word documents from Outlook. Then the problem lies with your Word document file, in such circumstances you need to repair the Word file using a reliable Document repair utility for example Remo Repair Word.

Is there any secure way to deal with this issue?

Remo Repair Word is the right solution to fix Word files which fails to open in MS Outlook; this utility easily scans and extracts text from damaged, corrupt, inaccessible and broken Word documents file. Adding to this, the tool easily coverts your corrupt Word document to its original working state in just few mouse clicks.

Incredible features of Remo Repair Word utility:

• Repairs Word documents with both extensions DOC and DOCX
• Easily repair and recovers text, formatting, OLE objects, clip arts, tables, hyperlinks from corrupt DOC files
• You can preview the Word document before saving process
• Supports Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows vista and Windows XP (32 - bit, 64-bit) operating systems

Reapir corrupt Word attachments in Outlook:

Step 1: Download and install Remo Repair software to your Windows desktop / laptop computer. Run the software and follow the onscreen procedures. Browse and choose your corrupt Word document, which is to be repaired and simply click on "Repair" button.

Figure A: Main Screen

Step 2: After selection, use “Repair” button to start the repair process. You can monitor the repair process by looking at the progress bar.

Figure B: Repairing Progress

Step 3: The application starts fixing your Word file and after completion, the tool displays a message like “File Repaired Successfully”. You can also preview the Word file before saving.

Figure C: Preview Repaired File

Step 4: Finally, save the repaired Word document to your desired destination location.

Figure D: Save Repaired File