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I have a Word file that hangs on opening. That is I see the front page of the
document but then Word taks about 99% of the CPU, the task bar indicates that the program is not responding. Is there some tool that I can use to analyze the file to fix it? thanks. Sam |
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Open the document using the 'Recover Text from any file' option, under Files
of Type on the File Open dialog. You will lose all formatting, but (inshallah!) you'll recover the text content. Beyond that, there's usually not much you can do to recover a corrupt document. Just as well you have a backup Trying to diagnose file corruptions tends to be more work than simply re-creating the document. If you have the full version of Acrobat you can try using that to print the document, then convert the PDF back to Word. (I've seen it work once...) You can try opening the document from VB or from VBA in an application other than Word, keeping Word and the document hidden (in case it's a display issue that's causing the problem) -- if successful, do a SaveAs via code. "SamA" wrote in message ... I have a Word file that hangs on opening. That is I see the front page of the document but then Word taks about 99% of the CPU, the task bar indicates that the program is not responding. Is there some tool that I can use to analyze the file to fix it? thanks. Sam |
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In your version of Word, there may be an Open and Repair option available.
Select the file, then click on the arrow on the Open button, select Open and Repair. "SamA" wrote: I have a Word file that hangs on opening. That is I see the front page of the document but then Word taks about 99% of the CPU, the task bar indicates that the program is not responding. Is there some tool that I can use to analyze the file to fix it? thanks. Sam |
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Thank you vey much, I now can get the relevant information out of the file.
Sam "Jezebel" wrote: Open the document using the 'Recover Text from any file' option, under Files of Type on the File Open dialog. You will lose all formatting, but (inshallah!) you'll recover the text content. Beyond that, there's usually not much you can do to recover a corrupt document. Just as well you have a backup Trying to diagnose file corruptions tends to be more work than simply re-creating the document. If you have the full version of Acrobat you can try using that to print the document, then convert the PDF back to Word. (I've seen it work once...) You can try opening the document from VB or from VBA in an application other than Word, keeping Word and the document hidden (in case it's a display issue that's causing the problem) -- if successful, do a SaveAs via code. "SamA" wrote in message ... I have a Word file that hangs on opening. That is I see the front page of the document but then Word taks about 99% of the CPU, the task bar indicates that the program is not responding. Is there some tool that I can use to analyze the file to fix it? thanks. Sam |
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Jen,
Thank you vey much, I now can get the relevant information out of the file. Sam "Jen" wrote: In your version of Word, there may be an Open and Repair option available. Select the file, then click on the arrow on the Open button, select Open and Repair. "SamA" wrote: I have a Word file that hangs on opening. That is I see the front page of the document but then Word taks about 99% of the CPU, the task bar indicates that the program is not responding. Is there some tool that I can use to analyze the file to fix it? thanks. Sam |
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