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Jun 5, 2010, 9:19:01 PM6/5/10
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I ran into this problem today - a word 2007 file I was working on (on a work desktop PC) got corrupted and seemingly vanished when I was trying to save it - once I did my hunting and found the ASD file I couldn't get it to open with Word 2007... so I took a copy on a memory stick to my laptop and was able to open it using "openoffice dot org writer". I was able to rescue all the text from the ASD file and put it back where it was meant to be in a word doc within 5 minutes (retyping the text from scratch would have taken me more than an hour...)

Dennis Galletta wrote:

How to manually recovery my word from asd file
13-Mar-09

Thanks! It worked for me when I double-clicked on the ASD file from my Vista machine. When it says it can't open it, just select "select a program from a list of installed programs" and then on the next window, choose Word.

Wow, you've saved me a lot of time!

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On Friday, March 21, 2008 1:42 PM
Timothy Tan wrote:

How to manually recovery my word from asd file.
I read the post here, but i'm IQ -100, i don't understand how much you have
tried to me in your complicated nature. Can "Someone else other than
MICROSOfty's ppl" Answer this post?? That would be a 100millions thx.

Here is what had happened.

-power shortage during a single first editing word.docx documnet.
-System restart
-original file become blank (0kB) when opened no error message (but
obviously you are error stupid)
-addition of 2 files appeared/found:
1.)AutoRecovery save of "name".asd
2.)~$"ame".docx (hidden file)
-Windows operated 99% likeness of a regular desktop which placed at school.

What is wbk anyway?
Can anyone give me a clear step by step procedure?
If you can evening send me graph for a IQ -100 person, i'll be more willing
to put it up online (you tube/more common loacation) and contribute to
millions of thousand millions IQ-100 Word users.

Thank you
Timothy Tang

On Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:27 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

You cannot manually recover an .asd file.
You cannot manually recover an .asd file. If Word doesn't present the
AutoRecovery backup when you next start it, then you're probably out of
luck. A .wbk file is created the second time you save a document if you have
"Always create backup copy" enabled on the Save tab of Tools | Options. It
is a copy of the version before the current one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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On Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:21 PM
Bob Buckland ?:-\) wrote:

Hi Suzanne,FWIW, if I right click on a Word .ASD file (.
Hi Suzanne,

FWIW, if I right click on a Word .ASD file (.ASDs can also be Windows Streaming content) I can use Open With=>Microsoft Office Word
and open the ASD file in Word if it's not corrupted and not a zero byte file.

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<<"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbar...@mvps.org> wrote in message news:O3FskIRl...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
You cannot manually recover an .asd file. If Word doesn't present the
AutoRecovery backup when you next start it, then you're probably out of
luck. A .wbk file is created the second time you save a document if you have
"Always create backup copy" enabled on the Save tab of Tools | Options. It
is a copy of the version before the current one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill >>

--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

On Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:03 PM
Beth Melton wrote:

Is this using Word 2007?
Is this using Word 2007?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton

What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

On Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:31 AM
Bob Buckland ?:-\) wrote:

Re: How to manually recovery my word from asd file.
Hi Beth,

Word 2003 and 2007 :)

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<<"Beth Melton" <bme...@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23RqTfgS...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Is this using Word 2007?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

On Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:15 AM
Beth Melton wrote:

Hmmmm...I've bever been able to open *.asd files in Word 2007.
Hmmmm...I've bever been able to open *.asd files in Word 2007.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton

What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:uZsueOUl...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

On Friday, March 13, 2009 5:48 PM
Dennis Galletta wrote:

How to manually recovery my word from asd file
Thanks! It worked for me when I double-clicked on the ASD file from my Vista machine. When it says it can't open it, just select "select a program from a list of installed programs" and then on the next window, choose Word.

Wow, you've saved me a lot of time!


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mrdoublez mrdoublez

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Oct 6, 2011, 3:46:19 PM10/6/11
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Hey thanks for this post! this really works! Open Office knows how to open ASD files better than Microsoft!!!
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Beth Melton
>>>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
>>>>
>>>> What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs


>>>>> On Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:31 AM Bob Buckland ?:-\) wrote:

>>>>> Hi Beth,
>>>>>
>>>>> Word 2003 and 2007 :)
>>>>>
>>>>> ==========
>>>>> <<"Beth Melton" <bme...@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23RqTfgS...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Is this using Word 2007?
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> Beth Melton >>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Buckland ?:-)
>>>>> MS Office System Products MVP
>>>>>
>>>>> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*


>>>>>> On Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:15 AM Beth Melton wrote:

>>>>>> Hmmmm...I've bever been able to open *.asd files in Word 2007.
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>> Beth Melton
>>>>>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>>>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
>>>>>> in message news:uZsueOUl...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...


>>>>>>> On Friday, March 13, 2009 5:48 PM Dennis Galletta wrote:

>>>>>>> Thanks! It worked for me when I double-clicked on the ASD file from my Vista machine. When it says it can't open it, just select "select a program from a list of installed programs" and then on the next window, choose Word.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wow, you've saved me a lot of time!


Stefan Blom

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Oct 9, 2011, 9:24:55 AM10/9/11
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Anything that works is useful. :-)

Out of curiosity, *how* did you try to open the file in Word? By double-clicking it? Or by starting Word first? The latter should be a safer approach with these files.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

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Apr 5, 2013, 12:55:25 AM4/5/13
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I found Villa Restall's guidance of using officeopen.org writer. I down loaded it free after googling. It's so amazing, I successfully rescued my hopeless asd file. Thank Villa.

anan...@gmail.com

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Jul 21, 2013, 7:13:43 AM7/21/13
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Just open the .asd file with LibreOffice Writer or OpenOffice Writer. Save the document with a .docx extension. And bingo! You can open the docx with MS Word.

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