[Pip Langford]

Thanks for your answer, unfortunately none of those options worked. I guess
the file has had a major corruption. Looks like it's back to the start
again. Thx anyway.
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Pip Langford


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If the last saved document is in the folder and there are no associated
temporary files (http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm )
you should be able to open the saved document or the recovered document from
the File Open menu (Word 2007 - Office Button Open).

You may still get an error message if the file is cortrupt, but it shouldn't
refer to the document name/path. That message is usually an indication that
the file registration has gone awry - see how to re-register Word when
problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm and if that doesn't
fix it select a document in Windows Explorer, right click and choose Open
with...

From the ensuing dialog select Word (winword.exe) and check the box to
always open with this application.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Pip Langford wrote:
Hi - I had just finished working on a very large Word doc (60Mb!)
when Word crashed. It did an auto recovery of the document which
appears that it has saved okay in the same folder I had it saved
originally - I had luckily saved the document just before it crashed
- but I cannot open the file now, I get an error message that says
'the document name or path is not valid'. Can someone please help -
otherwise I have to revert to a back-up copy and recreate three hours
of solid work! :-( Thanks.