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
    2013-03-02T02:53:56+00:00

    I'm running off a Mac, but I can boot into Windows and run WinRAR from there.  What's a good XML editor for Windows?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-02T02:53:34+00:00

    In Win 7 and 8 you can just change the file extension from DOCX to ZIP and back to DOCX. 

    Actually, I just append the .ZIP after .DOCX (or whatever) so that there is no confusion about the original format.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-02T02:48:06+00:00

    I'm not familiar with StuffIt. I use WinRAR and edit directly in/out of the archive. Saving changes to word/Document.xml prompts to save within WinRAR and the DOCX is updated.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-02T02:39:06+00:00

    Thank you very much.

    I'll compare the two files so I can see what you did.  It may help me in the future.

    BTW, what should I use to compress the file back to a .docx format?  I used Stuffit expander to view the contents, but can I compress it back to the same with Stuffit, or do I need something else?

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