Writers, scribes, advertising professionals and others professionals cannot think about a work environment if it is devoid of favored word processing program i.e. Microsoft Word. The files created with MS word either have .doc or .docx extension. The application's main settings are in a file called as 'Normal.dot' (for MS Word 2003 and earlier versions). In MS Word 2007, it is, however, named as Normal.dotm. If you encounter any problems while working in MS word application or if it just crashes, the reason could be a corrupt Normal.dot global template. As word crashes unexpectedly, it may give rise to serious data loss situations. You can then use the updated backup copy in order to restore the lost data. However, if a backup copy is not updated or it doesn't fulfill the requirement, you must use an advanced Word repair software in order to recover lost data.