The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag. Location: Part:/word/document.xml, Line: 2, Column:646910.

Anonymous
2011-03-19T21:04:50+00:00

Hiii... I saved a document on my computer and when I tried to re-open it, just couldn't... I found this error message: The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag. Location: Part:/word/document.xml, Line: 2, Column:646910. I already tried to open the file with notepad but i dont understand anything that appears there... i only get nonsense letters and symbols... :s Can anyone help me pleasee??? And if soo... where can i upload the file??? pleaseeeee... i'm soooo frustrated!!!!  i really appreciate if someone can help me... I already uploaded the file...  http://www.4shared.com/dir/Qf2ia9fp/sharing.html Thank youuu!!!!

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Anonymous
2011-03-19T23:31:05+00:00

I believe the 13th <mc:AlternateContent> tag had no close. I manually added the closing tag and was able to open the document without further repair.

A copy of the repaired .DOCX can be found here:

http://cid-161352ce07628e22.office.live.com/view.aspx/Social%20Answers%20Examples/Moreno%5E_FIXED.docx

I heartily recommend that you seriously proofread this repaired copy for lost content before submitting to your client or boss.

Now... where's my margarita?

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Anonymous
2011-11-07T21:55:55+00:00

... unfortunately continuing to work on the file, I find again the same problem ...

If I remember correctly, the problem with your DOCX was an oMath mismatch. You should try the fix available here,

You receive an "end tag" error when you open Word 2007 or 2010 files

... How do you fix it?

If you make sure that your Office software suite has all applicable service packs and other updates applied, the instances of this problem are greatly reduced.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-22T06:46:54+00:00

    When there is no fallback, the document will open in earlier versions, but there will simply be nothing in place of the image. I can not reconstruct the required pict structure - although it would be fun to try - and I don't think Yves can either, so we add a basic Fallback construct containing a text placeholder, so that anyone opening the document in Word 2007 is notified that something is missing.

    I wonder what happens if you take the correct 2010 xml content (so the wps) part and use Word's InsertXml feature to insert it directly into a new Word document. In theory Word should generate the 2007 part as well. Of course, that is the theory and I'm not sure Word is actually capable of doing such a thing.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-22T06:42:10+00:00

    I really hope that one day, Microsoft will include a 'Validate before save' option which will validate an open xml document against the xml schema for that specific type. I know it will slow down the saving process, but at least errors like the above wouldn't happen.

    I don't think that without using the schemas there will ever be a way to repair all corrupt documents (corrupt by Word, not by the storage mechanism that is). Add even then it will be doubtful. I once came across a document where a "textbox" tag was closed as "textböx". Easily recognizable error for a human, not so for a computer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-03-21T23:20:55+00:00

    @Tony

    I learned a lot in that last read. My current knowledge of XML is limited to the constructs of HTML (e,g, <start>something</end>).

    I have been trying to write a THIS_FIXES_DOCX.vbs with limited success. Your notes on the subject were helpful towards a

    conclusion, but I don't think I'm quite there yet.

    And YES; there are still a couple of us around that look at the source with Notepad :D.

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