Use the File > Open dialog. Select the file of the original document. Click
the down arrow on the Open button and choose "Open and Repair".

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> When Word crashed yesterday, and I restarted it, there were two
> copies of my original document (used as a template) that it said were
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M Skabialka - 24 May 2007 15:12 GMT
Thanks - I had forgotten about this way to open a file. Maybe Office 2007
will make it more obvious?
Mich
> Use the File > Open dialog. Select the file of the original document.
> Click the down arrow on the Open button and choose "Open and Repair".
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>> Mich
Jay Freedman - 24 May 2007 22:07 GMT
No, the process is exactly the same in 2007, except that you click the
Office button instead of the File menu to get to the Open dialog.
>Thanks - I had forgotten about this way to open a file. Maybe Office 2007
>will make it more obvious?
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>>> Mich
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