We have thousands of documents which were developed in previous versions of
Word. When we try to open these in Word 2003 we get the following error:

Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt. Try one or more of
the following:
* Open and Repair the file.
* Etc...

When I use Open and Repair I get a dialog box which says Errors were
detected in the file, etc.. and lists one error as 'Text Boxes 1' (whatever
that means).

One way or another, I need to get this fixed up so that our users can access
their documents.

1. Is there a software patch for this? I am currently running Word 2003
(11.5604.5606)

2. Is there a way that I can fix up all my documents programmatically? Is
the Open and Repair function available via the Word automation object model?

Thanks for your help!

- Joe Geretz -

-----Original Message-----
We have thousands of documents which were developed in
previous versions of
Word. When we try to open these in Word 2003 we get the
following error:

Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.
Try one or more of
the following:
* Open and Repair the file.
* Etc...

When I use Open and Repair I get a dialog box which says
Errors were
detected in the file, etc.. and lists one error as 'Text
Boxes 1' (whatever
that means).

One way or another, I need to get this fixed up so that
our users can access
their documents.

1. Is there a software patch for this? I am currently
running Word 2003
(11.5604.5606)

2. Is there a way that I can fix up all my documents
programmatically? Is
the Open and Repair function available via the Word
automation object model?

Thanks for your help!

- Joe Geretz -



.

I am able to open documents prepared with Word 97. You
should be able to open all that have the .doc file extension.

Joseph,

Go to the Office update site (you can find it via Windows Update) and update
Office 2003 and see if that helps.
I have Word 11.6359.6360, SP1

Regards,
Lars-Eric

"Joseph Geretz" skrev i meddelandet
...
We have thousands of documents which were developed in previous versions
of
Word. When we try to open these in Word 2003 we get the following error:

Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt. Try one or more
of
the following:
* Open and Repair the file.
* Etc...

When I use Open and Repair I get a dialog box which says Errors were
detected in the file, etc.. and lists one error as 'Text Boxes 1'
(whatever
that means).

One way or another, I need to get this fixed up so that our users can
access
their documents.

1. Is there a software patch for this? I am currently running Word 2003
(11.5604.5606)

2. Is there a way that I can fix up all my documents programmatically? Is
the Open and Repair function available via the Word automation object
model?

Thanks for your help!

- Joe Geretz -

Hi Lars-Eric,

I just patched up to SP1, my version is identical to yours, but I'm still
having this problem. Not with all documents, only with some of our templates
which have macros in them.

- Joe Geretz -

"Lars-Eric Gisslén" wrote in message
...
Joseph,

Go to the Office update site (you can find it via Windows Update) and
update
Office 2003 and see if that helps.
I have Word 11.6359.6360, SP1

Regards,
Lars-Eric

"Joseph Geretz" skrev i meddelandet
...
We have thousands of documents which were developed in previous versions
of
Word. When we try to open these in Word 2003 we get the following error:

Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt. Try one or more
of
the following:
* Open and Repair the file.
* Etc...

When I use Open and Repair I get a dialog box which says Errors were
detected in the file, etc.. and lists one error as 'Text Boxes 1'
(whatever
that means).

One way or another, I need to get this fixed up so that our users can
access
their documents.

1. Is there a software patch for this? I am currently running Word 2003
(11.5604.5606)

2. Is there a way that I can fix up all my documents programmatically? Is
the Open and Repair function available via the Word automation object
model?

Thanks for your help!

- Joe Geretz -

Joseph,

Sorry, but I can't help you with this. We have never encountered your
problem so I don't know what may cause it. We have tested plenty of document
with macros without any real problems.

Regards,
Lars-Eric

"Joseph Geretz" skrev i meddelandet
...
Hi Lars-Eric,

I just patched up to SP1, my version is identical to yours, but I'm still
having this problem. Not with all documents, only with some of our
templates
which have macros in them.

- Joe Geretz -

"Lars-Eric Gisslén" wrote in message
...
Joseph,

Go to the Office update site (you can find it via Windows Update) and
update
Office 2003 and see if that helps.
I have Word 11.6359.6360, SP1

Regards,
Lars-Eric

"Joseph Geretz" skrev i meddelandet
...
We have thousands of documents which were developed in previous
versions
of
Word. When we try to open these in Word 2003 we get the following
error:

Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt. Try one or
more
of
the following:
* Open and Repair the file.
* Etc...

When I use Open and Repair I get a dialog box which says Errors were
detected in the file, etc.. and lists one error as 'Text Boxes 1'
(whatever
that means).

One way or another, I need to get this fixed up so that our users can
access
their documents.

1. Is there a software patch for this? I am currently running Word 2003
(11.5604.5606)

2. Is there a way that I can fix up all my documents programmatically?
Is
the Open and Repair function available via the Word automation object
model?

Thanks for your help!

- Joe Geretz -