[na]

I have a doc that is 657kb - when I try to insert another doc (as an object -
display as icon) it gets inserted but immediatly closes and when I reopen the
object is not there- any ideas?

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

The first document is corrupt.

1) Create a new blank document

2) Carefully select all of the text in the bad document EXCEPT the last
paragraph mark

3) Copy it.

4) Paste in the new document.

5) Save under a new file name and close all, then re-open.

This technique for de-corrupting is known around the world as "Doing a
'Maggie'", after Margaret Secara from the Word PC-L mailing list who first
publicised the technique.

Cheers

On 27/1/07 2:49 AM, in article
, "na"
wrote:

I have a doc that is 657kb - when I try to insert another doc (as an object -
display as icon) it gets inserted but immediatly closes and when I reopen the
object is not there- any ideas?

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