As soon as you mentioned the file size, my immediate thought was also that it is way too big for any ordinary Word document, unless it is pretty full of images, etc. Not much help I know, but it may indicate that you should get whoever "assured" you about the links, to see if they can come up with a previous version that is more like under 1MB, even if that means some of the more recent formatting/editing etc gets lost and has to be re-done. -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pruscoe@xxxxxxx Sent: 07 January 2011 11:17 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: MS Word error message "I have been assured ... " Hmm. That phrase makes me a little skeptical. And if the file is 14.2Mb, that is WAY too much for a text document - even a formatted one. In a message dated 1/7/2011 6:11:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, john.johnwclarke@xxxxxxxxx writes: 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). 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