Error- the name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag

Anonymous
2018-01-14T04:12:40+00:00

Hi, never really posted in one of these things before I this is sort of an emergency, I have an important document due in a few days for uni and all was going good until I encounter the error 'the name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag' which is preventing me from opening my document.

Naturally when I encounter this error I googled and attempted many fixes and have been attempting to edit the document.xml file for around 4 hours now to no avail.

I would greatly appreciate some help in how to overcome this error, I've linked a google drive folder with both the entire word document as a .rar file and the document.xml file as well as a screenshot of the error below.

I really don't know how to use this site but any help would be appreciated tremendously due to the importance of me resolving this error quickly.

Thanks in advnaced for any help anyone can offer 

:)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19zeLbff\_RpBTZlhBdXn3FliQap19kNwI?usp=sharing 

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-08T15:21:03+00:00

    Take another look.  I posted my response while it was still uploading, but it is there now

    You are a lifesaver man! Donated on PayPal :) Please remove this document from your OneDrive.

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-09-08T03:31:33+00:00

    Take another look.  I posted my response while it was still uploading, but it is there now

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-09-07T23:55:00+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for your response. I do not see my document with either of those links. I am not sure what the problem is.

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  5. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-09-07T23:44:48+00:00

    A repaired copy of your document has been uploaded to the following folder of my OneDrive

    https://1drv.ms/f/s!AmuIXmFDy-1azRlX2JBMPPp_Nb1x

    or

    https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AFfYkEw8%2Dn81vXE&id=5AEDCB43615E886B%219881&cid=5AEDCB43615E886B

    Let me know when you have retrieved it so that I can delete it from that folder.

    I would suggest that you change the layout of the images in the document so that they are In-line with text as having them inserted in other layouts appears to be a common cause of the type of errors that were present in the document. 

    There are also some significant improvements that could be made to the formatting of the document by the use of tables instead of newspaper style columns and setting proper left and right margins rather than using paragraph indents.

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