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

Jeeped I can not thank you enough you are truly a superstar among men 

Rohn007 thanks I'll take all those under advisement

with #7 with the graphic and equations in the same paragraph to what extent is that, i.e. can i just press enter between the two ? and does the formatting of the graphic matter i.e. infront of text, square, and inline ??

Thanks again :) :) :)

I meant #3

Sorry, that is all I know. One of the reported triggers for this error has been having images and equations in the same paragraph. Presumably, having a paragraph mark would be enough to avoid that condition, but I've never investigated.

But Jeeped has a better nose (just look at his portrait ... <grin> ) for this stuff than I do, so if he says to not edit equations, I'd pay close attention.

... so if he says to not edit equations, I'd pay close attention.

I don't think that anyone can completely stop editing equations, but pre-planning them should avoid unnecessary edits.

While I have no concrete, reproducible evidence that editing equations is a cause, I have made these empirical observations:

• I cannot state precisely what many of the DOCX XML tags do, but basic XML syntax rules would suggest that code like:

                  <m:oMath><m:e><m:ctrlPr/></m:e></m:oMath>

... does nothing at all since it closes everything it opens and offers no content. It looks to me that this is a result of deleting one or more characters from an equation.

• While Word 2010 reports these as a problem at:

                 Line: 2  Column: 0

... Word 2007 will still report the actual position, e.g.:

                 Line: 2  Column: 2726981

I keep a copy of Word 2007 side-by-side Word 2010 for no other purpose. It's the only Office 2007 program on my computer. This seems like it is actually a step backwards from a resolution since Word 2010 no longer seems to be able to parse its own error.

• Whether the syntax is truly useless and non-effective for any intent or purpose is actually beside the point. The syntax passes conformity tests and the DOCX should launch. Why an 85 page document is 'broken' due to a few empty XML formatting tags while retaining legal syntax structure is beyond me.
• I try to pass along the area that the problem was in and several times people have remarked that the area I report was the place they were last making modifications (not additions) when the no-load corruption occurred.
• When no indication from the OP is offered on what was worked on last, the Line: 2 Column: 0 corruption often comes within a formula at the very end of the unfinished Word/Document.xml file and it may be inferred that this was the last place being worked upon.
• The corrupt DOCX files I've worked on are very commonly at the last stages of development with a large complex document. While there couldn't be a worse time for a corruption to appear, it would seem that small edits to existing content are causing it and not large scale new content generation.

Not one of these points is a definitive 'smoking gun', but put together they seem to indicate formula editing and not formula writing as a cause for the Line: 2 Column: 0 corruption. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most often a duck.