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
    2017-03-23T23:27:41+00:00

    OK I did what you said as well, removing the XML between <m:acc> and </m:acc> in order to get the file to open. I then pasted that offending XML in a document.xml file of a blank Word document, and it still gives me an error. Here is the a blank Word file with the bad XML inserted. It doesn't reconstruct the original latter half of equation number 36 for me:

    https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtqwKV_OsClkg8o-wVcMpKWA4jy6bQ

    I stuck a zip extension on the end of the file, so you could download it.

    I'm guessing you are reconstructing the 2nd half of the equation by reading the raw XML. I'm not able to do that because I don't know enough basic Word XML to do that.

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-03-24T04:31:11+00:00

    The text is between <m:t> </m:t> tags so from the first part of the XML in one of your previous posts, 

    <m:t>R</m:t>

    </m:r>

    </m:oMath>

    <m:oMath>

    <m:r>

    <w:rPr>

    <w:rFonts w:ascii="Cambria Math" w:hAnsi="Cambria Math"/>

    </w:rPr>

    <m:t>coil</m:t>

    we can get 

    Rcoil  

    This was how the equation appeared after removal of the problem xml code

    and the text that I retrieved from the corrupt xml code consisted of

    coil

    =

    804

    m

    2

    2π

    0.15m

    =

    853m

    Looks like I omitted to include the Unit (m) on the radius of the coil (0.15m) which was in the text for the second equation, but appears to have been omitted by the author for the first equation.  

    That would make the correct equations:

    now with the semi-colon separator re-inserted.

    Note, I did check that 853m was the correct result.  However, I cannot see in preceding text in the paper any calculation that comes up with the area of 804m².  If Annette is still paying attention, she might look into that.

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-03-24T04:40:59+00:00

    You need to make the document available if you want someone to try and recover it for you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-03-24T13:05:00+00:00

    OK, thanks. I guess in part I was getting intimidated by seeing a lot of math symbols, but it is relatively straightforward.

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