Unspecified Error, word/document.xml, Line:2, Column: 0

Anonymous
2012-05-27T15:48:53+00:00

Dear document savers,

It appears that due dates for assignments makes Word eat documents.

Like others I have a corrupted .docx document.  I have tried every trick in the book I can find and am now resorting to the next level of knowledgeable help.

The document crashed whilst working on a formula around the 3rd last page from memory (page 12 I believe).  After waiting etc. I closed and reopened the document and found then that it would go crazy when I got to the area I was last working in, and wouldn't scroll or display content properly.  When I tried again to close and open it wouldn't open it.  Nothing so far has worked.

It now gives the message:

"The file Assign 3 Answers.docx cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents."

"Details"

"Unspecified Error"

"Location: Part: /word/document.xml, line: 2, column: 0"

I have uploaded the file here

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8CyUQXlwkYeUXdmVl9acWZTUEU

I can open in Googledocs but without drawings or equations.  It opens in viewer.zoho.com but still cannot open a saved copy in Word 2010

I would greatly appreciate if anyone had any fixes for me.

Sincerely,

Rowan

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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Anonymous
2012-05-27T18:16:27+00:00

... https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8CyUQXlwkYeUXdmVl9acWZTUEU ...

The Google Docs copy was a DOC rather than a DOCX, but I downloaded it and had a look. I snipped out the  BH  from the second formula following "for Triangle CBH" on page 19. That will need replacing and close proofreading that area is highly recommended.

                  

There is some strange pagination and I don't know exactly why that is nor even if the pagination is intentional.  The actual corruption looked like it was due to many reformatting changes, resulting in empty formatting tags.

I've uploaded a repaired copy of the DOCX to my SkyDrive here for you to download . Be sure to get service packs for Office 2007 or 2010 installed whenever possible before further editing is performed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-06-12T01:15:21+00:00

    OneDrive won't let you download it because it says it can't do a virus scan and when you ask OneDrive to "Open it In Word" it doesn't let you save a copy of the corrupt file to your desktop. So it probably is a good idea to use a different hosting site for the file that is not offended by an antivrus scanner.

    For me, by looking for a temporary Word file using the freeware file indexer/search program Everything, while Word was trying to open the file from the OneDrive in this location:

    C:\Users[My Username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO

    I think I was able to recover it, for it to be attempted to work on. That's how I got the result I posted previously. The temporary file is a random 8 hex characters name. I renamed it to the file name that appears when desktop Word attempts to open it.

    You can download it here:

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3422175/GOOD%20CV-%20Pedja%20GOOD%20-%20Copy.docx

    Regards,

    Paul Pruitt (socrtwo)

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-06-11T23:55:35+00:00

    The file has suffered catastrophic corruption of the type that is usually caused by working with the document when it was located on a USB drive or by saving it directly to a USB drive.

    Unfortunately, it is not possible to recover anything from the file.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-11T23:52:34+00:00

    Peya,

    Is this what you need?: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3422175/CV-Pedja_repaired.docx

    If not, there is a mixup and the file has parts of more than one document, with only the one above being recoverable, although we can wait for Doug Robbins, Rohn007,  and/or Jeeped  to confirm.

    Regards,

    Paul Pruitt (socrtwo)

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-11T18:58:26+00:00

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