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

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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

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Anonymous

... 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.

Office service packs

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Anonymous

2013-01-27T07:09:12+00:00

that is greatly appreciated

so this doesn't happen again, what is it that I need to avoid doing ??
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Anonymous

2013-01-27T06:01:52+00:00

... if you could take a look and possibly work your magic that would be greatly appreciated ...

No worries. It's repaired. The upload will take a while but I wanted to let you know it's good-to-go.

I will post back when I have a link to the file on my SkyDrive.
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Anonymous

2013-01-27T02:19:42+00:00

Hello Jeeped

it seems I have encountered the same or a similar error upon trying to open a word document I had this error

'the Open XML file fundamentals.docx cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents or the file name might contain invalid characters (for example, /).

Details; no error detail available Location: 2

I have been working on this document for a long time on and off and I really cant afford to lose it

if you could take a look and possibly work your magic that would be greatly appreciated

heres the link

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=77BB1EB4B00C8FD3!140&authkey=!AH3uSgJXV6hEOAw

Regards

Kmif
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Anonymous

2013-01-20T21:21:10+00:00

... Thank you very much for the time.

I'm glad to have been able to contribute. I hope you won't have too much re-work to do but FWIW I've found that things are usually faster the second time around.

I'm sorry for leaving you hanging in the middle of the repair process but I had a prior commitment to drop someone off at the local ferry terminal that I could not blow off.

Thank you for the feedback and the kind comments. I hope you meet your deadline!
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