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

2013-08-01T07:30:34+00:00

Thank you so much! You're a life-saver!

Would you please care to remove your link to your fixed version now that I've downloaded it? I'd prefer to not have my unfinished thesis available online.

Thanks again a million times!
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Anonymous

2013-07-31T23:19:25+00:00

Always happy to repair a thesis.

The problem was in the formula directly following the phrase "The Pearson correlation can be..." on page 20 (of 100). Proof that formula carefully. Be especially careful about using the formula paragraph insertion to write descriptive paragraph text like the "written" immediately preceding it.

I've uploaded a copy of the repaired DOCX to my own public DropBox folder here.

thesis (Jeeped).docx
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Anonymous

2013-07-31T17:44:22+00:00

I have the same error message. I'm using Office 365. I really hope Jeeped or someone else can help me. I've uploaded the file to my dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24855356/thesis.docx

A lot of work has gone into this, so I'm quite desperate. Hope a kind soul can help me out!
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Anonymous

2013-07-20T07:08:28+00:00

I have several .ZIP archive programs and after running your DOCX through a couple of them, the best repair results were produced by AZR (Advanced ZIP Repair). I took the repaired word/document.xml, found the point where the NULLs started and deleted from that point to the end of the file. I finalized the repair by stitching the word/document.xml closed with some </w:body></w:document> closing tags, saved my changes and the DOCX opened with whatever content was recovered.
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