atw: Re: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking

  • From: "Ian Gabriel" <ian.gabriel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:07:18 +1000

Hi Geoffrey,

I see that the problem is solved, but I throw in my 2 cents worth (plus GST).

A variation on Suzy's cut and paste method that I use is a version of the 
"half-interval search".

Copy the first half of the document into another file and save it, then copy 
the second half into another file and save that. If the corruption is still 
evident in one of the new files, cut that one into two pieces and so on. If you 
have large documents, this can be a quick way to focus in on the corrupted bit. 

Sadly Word files still get corrupted despite being XML-based instead of RTF. 
That reminds me of another solution that I have used successfully. Save the 
file to RTF, then back to a binary Word document. If there were corrupted 
characters, they should be purged. If the problem is the perennial one of 
corrupted section breaks, then the piecemeal rebuild is the only way back to 
sanity.

Cheers,
Ian Gabriel  

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Janine Crutch 
  To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:43 PM
  Subject: atw: Re: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking


  Hi Geoffrey

   

  Why not do an "Open and Repair" from dropdown "Open" Open and Repair. Ctrl O 
(File Open) in 2010.

   

  Janine

   

  From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell
  Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:15 PM
  To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: atw: MS Word 2010 and change-tracking

   

  Hi austechies

   

  I have change-tracking turned on and, after every change I make to a 
document, Word 2010 tells me it has encountered a serious error and has to 
close. Yes, after every single change. It's driving me batty.

   

  Has any else had this problem and knows of a workaround?

   

  Cheers

   

   

  Geoffrey Marnell

  Principal Consultant

  Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd

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