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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that a table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me which one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time save and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?
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Split the document into two: save each half separately. Re-open each. Repeat
with the one that reports the error. And repeat until you've found it.

The most likely culprit will be a long table (ie spanning two or more pages)
and/or a table with merged or split cells.





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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that a
table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me which
one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time save
and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?



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Hmm...

if I could produce a doc with 100s of tables
and 1 corrupted table, it would be easier to help.

I'd try to make a copy of the doc in question,
open both, answer the question for converting
with yes for one doc,
if there is a possibility for a decision at all,
which I don't know,
and then compare table(x) in doc(1)
with table(x) in doc(2), until
the comparison returns false.

You don't have to compare the tables as a whole,
just the start of the table's range would be sufficient.


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If it is available in your version, have you tried using Open and Repair?

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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that a

table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me which

one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time save

and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?


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I have had the same problem as Wonderful_Wilz --but can't access Open and
Repair function, which is greyed out in the Open.. dialog box. How do I get
the Open and Repair function to work?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If it is available in your version, have you tried using Open and Repair?

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"Wonderful_Willz" wrote in
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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that a

table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me which

one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time save

and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?





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Note that you can manually locate the corrupt table by splitting the
document into halves; you'll see which half gives the error message, and
then you can repeat the procedure, until you've located the problem table.

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I have had the same problem as Wonderful_Wilz --but can't access Open and
Repair function, which is greyed out in the Open.. dialog box. How do I
get
the Open and Repair function to work?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If it is available in your version, have you tried using Open and Repair?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
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so
all may benefit.

"Wonderful_Willz" wrote in
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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that a

table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me which

one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time
save

and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?









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Thanks, Suzanne --I have tried, but as noted, the drop-down menu through
which Open and Repair is accessible is greyed-out. Is there any other way to
reach/select the open and repair function?

Wait, just thought of something --I will get into tools/customize/ and see
if the Open and REpair function is something I can put directly onto the
window menu...

I'll still appreciate any info you can provide, Suzanne, since it would seem
from your large presence in these forums that you are a total genius in this
stuff!!

"Plunk" wrote:

I have had the same problem as Wonderful_Wilz --but can't access Open and
Repair function, which is greyed out in the Open.. dialog box. How do I get
the Open and Repair function to work?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If it is available in your version, have you tried using Open and Repair?

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all may benefit.

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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that a

table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me which

one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time save

and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?



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When you select a file (one that isn't already open) in the Open dialog and
click on the arrow beside the Open button, you're seeing Open and Repair
dimmed? I can't think why that would be. The only two options I see dimmed
are "Open in Browser" (presumably available only for .htm and other Web page
file types) and "Open with Transform" (no idea what that means--something to
do with XML and XSLTs--so presumably I don't need it).

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"Plunk" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne --I have tried, but as noted, the drop-down menu through
which Open and Repair is accessible is greyed-out. Is there any other way

to
reach/select the open and repair function?

Wait, just thought of something --I will get into tools/customize/ and see
if the Open and REpair function is something I can put directly onto the
window menu...

I'll still appreciate any info you can provide, Suzanne, since it would

seem
from your large presence in these forums that you are a total genius in

this
stuff!!

"Plunk" wrote:

I have had the same problem as Wonderful_Wilz --but can't access Open

and
Repair function, which is greyed out in the Open.. dialog box. How do I

get
the Open and Repair function to work?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If it is available in your version, have you tried using Open and

Repair?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Wonderful_Willz" wrote in
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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that

a
table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me

which
one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time

save
and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?



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My question is, how do I prevent this problem? I only have ONE table with
text and some png images, but the table gets very large and becomes
corrupted. Does anyone know what causes this and how to prevent it?

It's frustrating to be working to a deadline and have this happen constantly.

Marlin

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select a file (one that isn't already open) in the Open dialog and
click on the arrow beside the Open button, you're seeing Open and Repair
dimmed? I can't think why that would be. The only two options I see dimmed
are "Open in Browser" (presumably available only for .htm and other Web page
file types) and "Open with Transform" (no idea what that means--something to
do with XML and XSLTs--so presumably I don't need it).

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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all may benefit.

"Plunk" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne --I have tried, but as noted, the drop-down menu through
which Open and Repair is accessible is greyed-out. Is there any other way

to
reach/select the open and repair function?

Wait, just thought of something --I will get into tools/customize/ and see
if the Open and REpair function is something I can put directly onto the
window menu...

I'll still appreciate any info you can provide, Suzanne, since it would

seem
from your large presence in these forums that you are a total genius in

this
stuff!!

"Plunk" wrote:

I have had the same problem as Wonderful_Wilz --but can't access Open

and
Repair function, which is greyed out in the Open.. dialog box. How do I

get
the Open and Repair function to work?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If it is available in your version, have you tried using Open and

Repair?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

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When I open a large Word document with many tables, it tells me that

a
table
is corrupt and to convert it to text. However it doesn't tell me

which
one.
There are 100's! do I have to convert them all to text one at a time

save
and
reopen every time until I find the corrupted table?




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