Microsoft Word Crashes

[amoon4]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Ok, so I wrote the script for a book I wanted to write a few years ago. When I was done I didn't want to write anymore because I was tired. So I hosted it up on the web. Well I'm ready to go now and want to finish my book.

I copied and pasted it from the web into Microsoft Word 2008. (I no longer have the original document, because I lost my flash drive). I originally wrote the script on Word Pad on my parents old PC (it had Windows XP), if that makes a difference.

I can read the document just fine, but if I delete something or try to change the document, Word immediately shuts down and says it has encountered a problem. This makes the editing of my book kind of difficult.

Is there anything I can do to finally get started on editing my book, or am I stuck with my rough draft forever?

 

[John McGhie]

Do a File>Save As and save the file as a different format.

I would choose "Text Only" to make sure you strip all the formatting.

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Ok, so I wrote the script for a book I wanted to write a few years ago. When I
was done I didn't want to write anymore because I was tired. So I hosted it up
on the web. Well I'm ready to go now and want to finish my book.

I copied and pasted it from the web into Microsoft Word 2008. (I no longer
have the original document, because I lost my flash drive). I originally wrote
the script on Word Pad on my parents old PC (it had Windows XP), if that makes
a difference.

I can read the document just fine, but if I delete something or try to change
the document, Word immediately shuts down and says it has encountered a
problem. This makes the editing of my book kind of difficult.

Is there anything I can do to finally get started on editing my book, or am I
stuck with my rough draft forever?

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John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[amoon4]

Thanks! It's working now!

 

[John McGhie]

I thought it might

A good "dose of epsom salts" is very effective for badly-behaved documents


Cheers

Thanks! It's working now!

--

Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[paul Skipper]

was writing an essay used spell check the whole essay started deleting before my eyes has it gone for good.

 

[CyberTaz]

As long as you haven't closed the file you should be able to either close
without saving or use Undo to recover.

More than that can't be suggested because you've hijacked a totally
unrelated thread without providing any OS or Office version information.
Also, the lack of any detail doesn't help anyone help you. Post a new
message stating all particulars - and please use some semblance of sentence
structure so those attempting to read your message have some idea where one
sentence ends & the next begins

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac