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

Anonymous

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.

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Anonymous

2015-01-28T17:06:55+00:00

@ksal_;

Here is what I came up with. There are some tables of data that go with some figures on the first two pages.

BC1_V8 (Jeeped).docx
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T15:55:06+00:00

No, I don't, but on the missing pages are only some attachments I can do again quickly, the data I don't have anywhere else is in the tables on the first two pages.

So thank you all for replying so quickly!!!

Best regards,

Katja
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T15:11:37+00:00

I'm unsure as to how to proceed here. I tried to repair the corrupt file from the original post (here) but I was only able to retrieve three pages as well. The three pages did end with:

(F) Referenzen

Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece: Biologie, Pearson 2009^8^, München, S. 583-540

http://www.biotechland.it/biotecnologie\_sequenziamento%20dna\_sanger.html (Grafik: (E) 2))

Do you have a copy that is closer to the original corruption where more content may be retrieved?
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T02:00:05+00:00

Katja and Andrew,

I tried LibreOffice as Andrew suggested, and it does indeed open, but there are only 3 pages on my computer. I resaved a copy and it opened in Word 2013. Here it is:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o3bkqbkg77ng7zs/BC1_V8_recovered2.docx?dl=0

It seems to include the equation I removed before now too.
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