Resources Exhausted for Corrupt Word Document ... help! 1

[gwoman]

I am temporarily filling in for the MS Office support person and I am having some issues with a Word Document. I read faq68-580 MS Office File Corruption Fixes and none of the tips and tricks worked ... this is what is happening ...
When I try to open the file I get an error message saying "The document or path is invalid" ....

Anyone know if there is anyway to recover this file?

Thanks!
gwoman

 

[sawedoff]

I don't know how you are trying to open this document, but if you are using a shortcut or the most recent docs in Word, the document may have been moved. Try finding it through File > Open, and browse for it and see if that solves your problem.

Sawedoff

 

[gwoman]

Thanks ... I have tried every way possible to open this file including the File > Open option .... I even changed extension to .html out of desperation ... it opened ... but all the formatting was screwed up and the graphics were missing.

gwoman

 

[sawedoff]

Try right clicking the "Open" button and open as read-only, or Open as Copy. Or change it back to html and try the Open in browser option. I am not sure these will help, but they can't hurt.

Sawedoff

 

[gwoman]

Good ideas ... didn't work as ready-only ... or as copy ... browser option opened it ... but got the same results as before (formatting is screwed up and graphics are missing). I really appreciate your suggestions ... if you have any more please do share!

Thanks much...
gwoman

 

[gwoman]

Sawedoff

I was able to open the file ... After reviewing your replies I decided to try more apps with the Open With .. option ... I right clicked the file and clicked Open With ... and I was trying different MS Applications (i.e. wordpad ... notepad ... etc) It open when I clicked on Microsoft Frontpage. The graphics were there and the formatting for intact ... it looked like there may have been some extra spacing .... but at least the 8 hrs worth of work the user had put in was not a total loss ...
Just wanted to let you know!
Thanks again for your help ... have a good one!

gwoman

 

[sawedoff]

Thanks. I'm glad you were able to save it.

Sawedoff