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
    2014-01-21T18:31:46+00:00

    Jeeped,

    Anyway you could help with mine as well! Thought I had stuff backed up in the cloud and was safe but apparently not.

    Link to my dissertation is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JEL61FlGgxSzVtWjFKQWlMcE0/edit?usp=sharing

    Would really appreciate any advise possible!!!!

    All the best,

    Jake

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T14:25:25+00:00

    My freeware, Savvy DOCX Recovery also works, I just tried it.The Sourceforge project is here: 

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickwordrecovr/

    and its download link is here:

    http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/quickwordrecovr/savvy_corrupt_DOCX_setup_2.0.4.exe

    The binary setup file there has adware offers attached to it. Apparently Sourceforge doesn't care if you attach offers to your setup files as long as you use one of the big monetizer companies like I do using installmonetizer.com and am following all the rules with legal notices and such. I would attach the link to a setup file that doesn't have adware offers to it, like I did in an earlier post, however WIndows or maybe just Chrome is flagging the nonadware link as malicious.

    To get past the adware offers, just keep on clicking on the "Decline" button on the left. There are usually three offers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T09:19:06+00:00

    Hey Jeeped,

    Many, many thanks for your time & effort. As with many others in this thread, you managed to recover the document perfectly and, in doing so, alleviated much of my frustration; for which I'm very grateful.

    Looking back, I see you've been helping others through this error from 1 & a half years ago... That's some dedication. All I wanted to know is if, god forbid, I face this error again (I still have some more equations to type), what would be the best way of going about fixing it manually without annoying some other helpful person, like yourself for example. I read about converting the document into a zip package then using a programme such as Notepad++ to fix any missing tags... Could you shed some more light on this?

    Again, many thanks for what you've done and I wish you best with your endeavours.

    Kind regards,

    RD

    [EDIT: Having done some more reading, I found a "walkthrough" of sorts on page 3 of this thread of your own. I'll be sure to read up on that if I ever fall into this error again!]

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T22:11:20+00:00

    Hi Rishav;

    You had a problem with XML formatting tags in the formula at the bottom of page 7 (of 9). I removed some rogue tags and I do not believe I altered the existing content but you should proof that area closely.

    The repaired DOCX is my my SkyDrive for you to download here.

    Aeroplane Landing Coursework (Jeeped).docx

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