[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi M.K.,

Without having any access to the file it's a bit tougher to diagnose, so these may seem to be a bit general in nature.

The template you're using is dated Feb2004 (.dot format) and should generally be okay. There's nothing particularly fancy in the
document template before adding data to it.

If you create a folder on your hard drive, add .zip to the name of your saved .docx file then double click in it in Windows and copy
out the document.xml portion to that other folder, what happens when you try to then open it in Notepad or just double clicking it
there? (You mentioned you weren't able to document.xml)? 'Whitespace expected' would seem to indicate it might be near a table or
in a header/footer.

What type of content have you added (i.e. is everything typed, or do you have linked objects, pasted graphics, etc)? Do you use
styles for formatting or ???

Are you running any add-ins in Word 2007?

Do you have Automatic Backup files being created in Word when you save?

Has Word crashed at all when working with this file?

FWIW, in general, on using the downloaded templates I usually make a couple of backup copies before using them and start off with
stepping through in Word 2007 , one checkmark at a time, running the template through
Office Button=Prepare=Inspect Document
to see if if there are any surprises and to start as clean as possible.

That run on this template took out about 17K of data, which is likely not too much of a significant amount in a 26 page document,
but I've found that I've had less trouble with ones that start off from a .DOT and go right to .docx, especially when they're
downloaded directly into Word from online.

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"mkestian" wrote in message ...
This is unbelievable I have the exact same problem i was working on the
business plan for 2 days and all of the sudden today it stops working.

The business plan template is from the office site SCORE and the title is
Business Plan for Startup business. What really is killing me is that the
plan is supposed to be going to someone soon.

The error message i get is Office Open ML file Filename.docx cannot be
opened because there are problems with its content. I click on details and
get the message whitespace expected Location Part: /word/document.xml line 2
column 1556096.

I have tried open and repair as well as recover text from any file. I even
changed the xtension to zip to inspect the document.xml file but that file
will not open. This file is highly critical and contains confidential
information, so i can not send it off to anyone. i am very technical so once
i have the right steps i can do them. I NEED HELP.
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

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