[Laura Power]

Hi,

I have a Word file which is just under 5Mb in size (132 pages). When I try
to open it, I get a message about the file having a problem last time I used
it, and asks the question if I want it repaired, or only the text captured.
The file has Table of Contents, pictures, tables and graphs, so I chose the
"Repair" option.

This repair seemed to take forever, and eventually I gave up!

In Windows Explorer, I copied the file to another directory. I can open
that one happily, and all looks well. So I deleted the original. I then
copied the new version back to the original directory and tried to open it.
Again I got the "repair" error message.

Any ideas on what is causing this problem?

Laura Power

[Cindy M.]

Hi ?B?TGF1cmEgUG93ZXI=?=,

I have a Word file which is just under 5Mb in size (132 pages). When I try
to open it, I get a message about the file having a problem last time I used
it, and asks the question if I want it repaired, or only the text captured.
The file has Table of Contents, pictures, tables and graphs, so I chose the
"Repair" option.

This repair seemed to take forever, and eventually I gave up!

In Windows Explorer, I copied the file to another directory. I can open
that one happily, and all looks well. So I deleted the original. I then
copied the new version back to the original directory and tried to open it.
Again I got the "repair" error message.

Any ideas on what is causing this problem?

You see this ONLY when opening from the original directory? If you turn on the
display of hidden files and folders in the Windows Explorer (Tools/Folder
Options/View), then check in this folder, do you see any "odd" file names? Try
moving these out of the folder and see if that makes a difference. Word's
probably finding an unresolved (and damaged) back-up file that it wants to
integrate into the main file.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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