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Im trying to open a word doc, and I keep getting this message "The document
name or path name is not valid please try these suggestions.. check the file
permissions for the document or drive or use the file open dialogue box to
find..."
Ive tried the second, not sure how to check the first, but the doc looks
normal, in properties says that it is 320 KB, autorecover looks normal too
but wont open like the original... Ive tried searching for similar names,
moving it, renaming it, ive looked through all the troubleshooters, but
nothing seems to address this. PLEASE HELP
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Have you tried opening it using another text editor like WordPad or Notepad?

"gorbichof" wrote:

Im trying to open a word doc, and I keep getting this message "The document
name or path name is not valid please try these suggestions.. check the file
permissions for the document or drive or use the file open dialogue box to
find..."
Ive tried the second, not sure how to check the first, but the doc looks
normal, in properties says that it is 320 KB, autorecover looks normal too
but wont open like the original... Ive tried searching for similar names,
moving it, renaming it, ive looked through all the troubleshooters, but
nothing seems to address this. PLEASE HELP

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Yes I have!! Notepad opened with a load of garbage and wordpad had "an
unexpected error!!!


"[msnb]Recokn" wrote:

Have you tried opening it using another text editor like WordPad or Notepad?

"gorbichof" wrote:

Im trying to open a word doc, and I keep getting this message "The document
name or path name is not valid please try these suggestions.. check the file
permissions for the document or drive or use the file open dialogue box to
find..."
Ive tried the second, not sure how to check the first, but the doc looks
normal, in properties says that it is 320 KB, autorecover looks normal too
but wont open like the original... Ive tried searching for similar names,
moving it, renaming it, ive looked through all the troubleshooters, but
nothing seems to address this. PLEASE HELP

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If you have Norton AntiVirus installed, disable its Office Plug-in.

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"gorbichof" wrote in message
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Im trying to open a word doc, and I keep getting this message "The

document
name or path name is not valid please try these suggestions.. check the

file
permissions for the document or drive or use the file open dialogue box to
find..."
Ive tried the second, not sure how to check the first, but the doc looks
normal, in properties says that it is 320 KB, autorecover looks normal too
but wont open like the original... Ive tried searching for similar names,
moving it, renaming it, ive looked through all the troubleshooters, but
nothing seems to address this. PLEASE HELP


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Yes I have Norton, but it didnt work!!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you have Norton AntiVirus installed, disable its Office Plug-in.

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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.

"gorbichof" wrote in message
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Im trying to open a word doc, and I keep getting this message "The

document
name or path name is not valid please try these suggestions.. check the

file
permissions for the document or drive or use the file open dialogue box to
find..."
Ive tried the second, not sure how to check the first, but the doc looks
normal, in properties says that it is 320 KB, autorecover looks normal too
but wont open like the original... Ive tried searching for similar names,
moving it, renaming it, ive looked through all the troubleshooters, but
nothing seems to address this. PLEASE HELP



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