S2 Recovery Tools for Microsoft Word Files

                                   *****About and Instructions*****
	                   
                           -----S2 Recovery Tools for Microsoft Word 2.0.1-----

This program brings together Microsoft's recommended methods for recovering corrupt Microsoft Word files of both doc and docx format for file both that can and cannot be opened: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316951. It adds 5 of its own methods as well as offering an interface to recover previous versions of the file. Finally it features links to 2 pieces of freeware, one free service and one commercial software vendor that I have an affiliate relationship with. The free service is an offer to use Recoveronix' Online File Repair with the coupon "S2SERVICES" for a $39 value repair. The coupon is good until Nov. 1, 2013.

                                 ----Changes to 2.0.1 - 07/21/2013----

1. Now signing install and uninstall files.
2. Removed the automatic file repair feature. Added isntead, better constructed methods for doc text salvaging, docx text salvaging, and two different methods for recovery of text and formatting for docx files only. The new doc text salvaging involves a simple removal of most of the characters commonly found before the text in doc file as well as removal of the NUL characters found between the text characters. The docx salvaging just uses the goodly SilverCoder's DocToText app. The format recovery algorithms are also found in my new program Savvy Repair for Microsoft Office.
3. Added a feature which changes the extension from a WOrd 97 -2003 format doc file to a 2007 - 2013 format docx one or vice versa and then tries to open the file. The feature will work with all six format, doc, dot, docx, docx, dotx and dotm. It make appropriate extension changes, for instances dotx is tried as a dot file and docm is tried as a doc file.
4. Adds back the ability to convert the file to html format.
5. Adds a link to the expert Microsoft freeware for DOC files, OffVis.

                                 ----Changes to 1.07 - 01/12/2013----

1. Minimized the Window of the program for "Recover text from any documents" and "Automatic DOCX Recovery" choices.

                                 ----Changes to 1.06 - 01/10/2013----

1. Added two dll files, libiconv-2_.dll and libz_.dll, necessary xmllint and one libexpat-1_.dll necessary for xmlval functioning that were apparently accidently omitted from at least the last build.

                                       ----Changes to 1.05----

1. Fixed Inno Installer showing Chinese characters during install because of using the inno installer for Unicode.
2. Created a Forms folder during install and routed the Forms files into the  folder.

                                       ----Changes to 1.03----

1. Added a message box that describes how to get a $39 value free file repair from Online Office Recovery, https://online.officerecovery.com/, using the coupon "S2SERVICES". The coupon expires on May 1, 2013. Hint - do a demo recovery and paste in the coupon code in the field above "Submit Code" button in the "Full Results" section.
                                       
                                       ----Changes to 1.02----

1. Added pop up message with instructions for copying and pasting recovered text (and formatting and media if recoverable) from Word Windows that don't have any toolbars or menus as some of the results produce at the moment.
2. Fixed the third, "Salvage" automatic DOCX recovery method.

                                       ----Changes to 1.01----

1. Fixed extract text from any document feature.

                                       ----Changes to 1.0----

1. Initial release. This program started as Savvy Word Recovery another of my programs which is on Sourceforge. The features of that program is included in  this along with many others.

                                  ----Installation Instructions----

1. Run the setup program.

                                  -----How to use this program------

1.  Click on the File Menu and choose Open.
2.  Choose your doc or docx file.
3.  If you have some versions of Vista and all versions of Windows 7 the program will fetch previous versions of the file if a Restore Point has been made after the file was first created.
4.  Use the drop down arrow to look for previous versions.
5. Click on the "buttons" to invoke the various methods for Word recovery.

                                          -----Credits-----

This program is made by Paul D Pruitt (socrtwo) and Sergey from vWorker (write me for more information). This program uses 7z.exe from the 7zip project (http://www.7-zip.org/), zip.exe from the InfoZip Project (http://www.info-zip.org/), xmllint from the Libxml2 project (http://xmlsoft.org/) and trunc.exe from the Googlecode trunc project (http://code.google.com/p/trunc/).
Savvy Word Recovery is also included. The project is here:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/quickwordrecovr/. Coffec.exe was coded by CCy for me under contract. His Web page is here: http://www.ccyjchk.com.

                                     -----Contact Info-----

* My software website is http://www.godskingsandheroes.info/software/.
* Also visit my data recovery software list http://www.s2services.com.
* My E-Mail: socrtwo@s2services
* I do data recovery for $22 an incident. I sometimes do charity work.