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If you come across this message when you try to open a Microsoft Word file: Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt then you have a couple of options.

The first is to try to open it via File/Open, as normal, but instead of opening the file by clicking on the Open button in the Open window, click on the down arrow button next to it and select the bottom option, Open and Repair:

This may solve your problem. If it doesn’t, you have another option. From the same Open file window, select the file you’re trying to open, and click on the down arrow in the Files of type box towards the bottom of the window:

A list of file types will appear. Scroll down until you find the one called Recover Text from Any File:

Select that and Word will do its best to recover any text inside the document, as well as any basic formatting.

If that still doesn’t work for you, try opening the file in a different application, suggests this website.

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If you’re getting an error message Cannot Access Lifeblog Database on your Nokia phone preventing you from launching Lifeblog then you need to delete the database. This is how:

Download the free Y-Browser application from here. (You’ll need this, rather than the File Manager that comes with the Nokia phone, because the Data folder is hidden and won’t appear in File Manager.)

Install it on your phone via your Nokia PC Suite.

Launch the YBrowser application (probably from new folder called DrJukka.com):

Locate the C: drive and open it:

Locate the Data folder:

Locate the Lifeblog folder:

Select Options, File and then Delete

Once the folder is deleted launch Lifeblog and select Update Timeline.

Thanks to the Nokia forum and Darla Mack for some of these details.

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Some people like writing SMS text messages on their phone, but I hate it. Here is one way to avoid it.

If you’re using a Nokia (and the same is probably true of non-Nokia phones) connect to your computer using the provided Nokia PC Suite software and cable. (If you don’t have either, download the suite here and, in most cases, use an ordinary USB cable with the smaller standard end.

When the two devices are connected, a list of options will appear on your phone. select PC Suite mode:

Once your phone is connected, launch the Suite on your computer:

Double-click the Contacts option.

An Explorer window will load with the list of your contacts:

Right click on the person you want to send a text message to and select New Message, and then Text Message

A window will appear with the phone number already in the To field:

You can add extra recipients by clicking on the To button.

Type your message in the message box below and hit the Send button:

Once the message is gone you’ll receive a notification:

You can reply to incoming messages by selecting the Inbox in the same Explorer window that you opened your Contacts list in:

Right click on the message you want to reply to and select Message and then Reply:

For an update on this, check out this post.

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