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I get the following message when i try to open a word document that i desperately need
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: 96760
I know how to "unzip" the docx files and get to the main document.xml file, but i know nothing about xml programming. Any suggestions? i got an xml editor and found that there are 6 mismatch errors, but i don't know how to fix them. I also don't know how to rezip al the files back into a docx format. I would love any help. Thanks.
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You're welcome Catherine.
Going forward if you or anyone else comes across this issue again, we have a FixIt solution created that should address this problem. You can go to the following KB article and it should give you the details about how you can correct these documents.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528942
Brandon
One of my microsoft word 2010 documents won't open
and I would prefer not to have to redo the work.
I get the error message:
The name in the end tag element must match the name in the start tag.
Location: word/document.xml, line 2, column 61870
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vtf5zr
This is the file I will greatly appreciate any help.
> dotm?
Indeed :-)
The requirement to tell your web server something it doesn't understand, in order for it to perform the simple task of doing nothing to your file is slightly bizarre. As it doesn't understand, of course, you are free to tell it almost any kind of nonsense you like, which, in a way, is even more bizarre.
Enjoy,
Tony
dotm?
-- Hope this helps.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP,
dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
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"Tony Jollans" wrote in message news:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***...
Sorry about that. I have corrected the configuration, and it should now be offered as a docm.
-- Enjoy,
Tony
Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
Sorry about that. I have corrected the configuration, and it should now be offered as a docm.
Enjoy,
Tony