Posts

Showing posts from August, 2012

Are you unable to open MS Word 2007 in previous version of Word?

Image
Have you ever tried to open your Word 2007 document in earlier version of Word and never get success? If your answer is yes then I have the perfect solution for you. You cannot open Word 2007 document directly in older version of Word because Word 2007 files are saved in .docx file format whereas previous version document are saved as .doc format. So if you want to share your data which is in .docx format with another user having 2003, he/she won't be able to open your file. To solve this issue here I am discussing the different ways to open Word 2007 in earlier versions:

Do you know how to repair corrupt MS Access in simple steps?

Image
In today's world the most valuable thing for any organization is data. If data is lost, everything is lost. Therefore to manage and store your data, Microsoft has provided you a professional database tool known as MS Access. You store all your important data in Access by creating a database but imagine what will happen if your database becomes corrupt. In this case you won't be able to  access your data and worst if no updated backup is available. So here I am discussing some simple steps that you can try to repair your corrupt data.

Useful tips for improving QuickBooks performance

Image
Recently one of my friend who has been using QuickBooks for a while asked me “Is there a way to improve the performance of slow QuickBooks file?” No doubt QuickBooks is a complex program and overtime its performance decrease due to numerous reasons. You can definitely improve the performance of QuickBooks file by using below steps: Improve performance of QuickBooks in multi user mode: When two or more user works on same company file in multi user mode, QuickBooks run slowly. To improve performance in multi user mode make sure to install QuickBooks or QuickBooks server on the same computer on which your company file is placed.

How to solve “ Company file cannot be closed............” error in QuickBooks?

Image
When closing QuickBooks Company file, you sometime receive below error message: Due to above error, your program becomes unresponsive and you cannot perform any operation on it.

How to deal with FileMaker corruption?

Image
FileMaker is undoubtedly one of the best database management tools to create, manage, organize and share important information. Millions of people are using this easy to use database application but just like any other database, FileMaker is also prone to corruption. The most common reasons of corruption are unexpected system shutdown, hard disk issue, FileMaker application malfunction and many more. There are some simple methods by which you can repair your corrupt FileMaker database. Use Save a Copy As method-> Compacted: This is easiest and safest method to fix corruption. This command will copy all the data in a new file and rebuild the structure of database. Follow below steps to use this option: Open your file. Go to File-> Save a Copy As-> Compacted copy. Note: This option is available in FileMaker Pro 8.5 and earlier versions.

How to resolve QuickBooks error -6000, -304?

Image
QuickBooks is reliable and easy to use accounting software to manage all your finance related information. There are millions of people around the world who are using QuickBooks for their business propose but there are instances when QuickBooks behave in a strange manner and generate error messages. Most of the errors are related to corruption in QuickBooks database. However there are some generalized solutions available to solve corruption errors but they may not work in all scenarios and for effective recovery of your valuable data, you need to go for a good third party tool. Consider a scenario wherein you can not open your Company file and QuickBooks is generating error code -6000, -304. What cause the error? The above error may occur when you try to open your QuickBooks Company file and there is not enough disk space available to open the file.

How to solve PDF error “The file is damaged and could not be repaired.”

Image
Yesterday I got a call from one of my friend and she told me that she is having some problem while opening PDF file. When she tries to open certain PDF files in Internet Explorer, below error message occurs: When I search this problem on Internet I found so many forum threads related to the same issue.  This problem occurs not only in IE but in other browsers also. So let’s first discuss the reason behind this error.

Free Methods to repair corrupt MS Word documents

Image
It’s really very frustrating when an important document gets corrupt and all data in it becomes inaccessible. A corrupt Word document may mean complete disaster because there is a risk of data loss. Reason of corruption can be anything like improper system shutdown, virus attack, template corruption and so on. The best way to get back your data is to restore it from backup. However if no backup is available then try to repair your corrupt data by free methods provided by Microsoft. Try below methods if you can open your corrupt document: