Recover and Repair Word Document Opens with Random Codes

Overview

Have you encountered Word file suddenly corrupted and was opened with random codes or data turned into wired symbols or gibberish? Is it possible to repair and recover gibberish Word files? How to fix corrupted Word files turned into unreadable symbols? If you are facing with Word document changed to symbols but found no way to troubleshoot, you can try the solutions in this article to fix the issue. Meanwhile, data recovery software is recommended to help you recover corrupted and lost Word document most effectively! 

Quick Fixes for Word Document Open with Weird Symbols

Before you repair and restore the corrupted Word files, you can first try the following simple tips to fix the issue.

1. Use fonts that are mostly used on most computers, like Arial and Times Roman.

2. Install the required font by dragging it into "Library" > "Fonts" on your computer.

3. Enable Font Book on Mac in the Applications folder.

4. Substitute a new compatible font in Word.

How to Repair/Restore Word Document Turned into Symbols/Gibberish

To repair and restore corrupted Word document with weird symbols, here are two possible methods. 

Method 1. Repair Corrupted Word Files Showing Gibberish with Microsoft Office

Step 1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click "Open".
Step 2. In the Open dialog box, click your Word document.
Step 3. Click the arrow on the Open button, and then click "Open and Repair".
Step 4. Verify that repairing the document fixes the problem and the strange behavior no longer occurs.

Method 2. Restore Word Files Open with Wired Symbols from Previous Version

Step 1. Right-click the corrupted/damaged Word files and select "Restore previous version".
Step 2. Find an earlier version of the damaged or corrupted Word file, and click "Restore".
Step 3. Run Word and open the restored Word file again, click "OK" when a message pops up to warn that some text layers contain fonts are missing.
Step 4. Check all layers and remark the lost part with layers and save them as a new Word file.

Method 3. Recover Word Document with a File Recovery Tool 

If you can't restore the corrupted Word document from previous versions, there is still another useful way to make it by using EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. This data recovery program enables you to restore the corrupted Word document opening with wired symbols in the easiest way. 

EaseUS data recovery software will help you recover lost Word document due to mistaken deletion, system/application crash, virus attack, storage device formatting/damage, and more. And you can recover data from external hard drive, emptied recycle bin, hard drive, memory card, flash drive, digital camera, and camcorder on all Windows and macOS computers. 

Now, download and use this software to restore Word document opens with random codes or unreadable symbol by following the steps below. 

Step 1. Choose the Word file location.

Do you know where you lost Word files? If it's on a USB flash drive or SD card, connect it to your computer first. Choose the hard disk drive or a specific folder and click the San button.

Step 2. Scan all lost data.

The software will start immediately scanning all lost data on the selected drive, and you'll see more and more data showing up in the scan results. After the scan, click "Filter" and choose "Word" from the drop-down list to navigate the wanted Word documents. 

Step 3. Select Word files and recover.

You're allowed to double-click and preview a Word file if you have Microsoft Word application installed on your computer. Finally, select the desired Word file and click "Recover".