[RedAndrew]

Lately I have encountered errors that make me believe I am working with
corrupt word 2003 doc files.

After reading various online help pages (see below) covering topics such as
manually reparing the files, using various "Save as" features, and searching
for a free doc fixing tools (of which I found none), I decided to try Word's
Open and Repair, even though I could find nothing describing exactly WHAT it
repairs!
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/8936...d=2530&sid=106

Prior to using the "Open and Repair" on the file, I was seeing long save
times of +90 seconds and even complete hangs of Word - not ideal when working
to timescales. The "repair" listed that it fixed 3 issues:
Numbered Styles 1
Sections and Headers 1
Sections and Headers 2

Since the "repair", I am now experiencing average save file times of +40
seconds on a document of roughly 80 pages, the bulk of this time appears to
be while word is repaginating. The document contains some images and has a
TOC but is less than 1meg in size. If I turn on the "Track Changes" option,
the save file time appears to increase to +60 seconds.

1. Can anyone tell me what "Open and Repair" does.
2. And are these "save file" times the best I can expect?

System Spec:
Dell Dimension 3100 (approx 1 year old)
XP Pro SP2
Pentium 4 3GHz Dual Core
1GB RAM
+ No other known/noticeable issues