I have tried moving the doc and copying the doc to various locations, but still the same message. When I look at the properties, it has 14.2MB so something is there somewhere, it just wont open. No additional peripherals were connected to the PC at the time that it was updated, so could not have been re-directed. I have been assured that it didn't contain any links to other documents John On 6 January 2011 23:50, Linda F. Johnson <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Have you tried moving the document to a different location, then try to > open > it from there? > > > Linda > > ********************************* > Linda F. Johnson > Linda's Computer Stop > http://personal-computer-tutor.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of John Clarke > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:55 AM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re: MS Word error message > > Hello Graham > Thanks for the quick response. > > The document wasn't saved anywhere else, just on a network drive, (I know, > I > know, always have a back-up). I have tried opening "word" then using the > "open" dialogue box (with open and repair). Even navigating to the saved > location and opening gives the same error message. > > I can't think of anything else to do > > John > > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the > dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email > address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister > group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you > to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for > FILE SHARING ONLY. > > If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your > email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: > http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm > ************************************************************* > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************