MS 'Word' error message at startup

[Perdixer]

Why do I get (and how do I fix) the following message:

'The Office Open XML file Building Blox.dotx cannot be opened because there
are problems with the contents'?

Will this relate to the fact that I am also unable to insert page numbers
into document footers?

 

[Terry Farrell]

1. Close Word.
2. Go to your user building blocks directory (\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks on Windows XP,
\users\<user name>\app data\roaming\\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks).
3. Go into any subdirectories and delete your Building Blocks.dotx file.
4. Reboot Word will regenerate the file for you.

 

[Deanna Reynolds]

Terry,

I've been struggling with this same issue - building blocks file was
corrupted after the TR2. However, I've deleted the BuildingBlocks.dotx file
and Word isn't regenerating it -- even after a full system reboot.

Any other ideas?

 

[Deanna Reynolds]

Terry,

I'm running into this same issues -- after TR2, the buildingblocks.dotx
became corrupt. However, deleted that file hasn't resolved the issue. I no
longer receive an error message, but I've lost all building block objects -
in headers, footers, page numbers and text boxes.

And, Word doesn't seem to regenerating the file. Any ideas?

 

[Terry Farrell]

It won't regenerate until you create a building block object that needs to
be saved. Unfortunately, what was contained in the previous version wasn't
reusable and is lost.

Terry

 

[Deanna Reynolds]

Thank you, Terry. That's good to know. I ended up running the MS Office
Repair utility and that seemed to resolve all issues. All Building Blocks are
back.

Thanks again.

 

[Guest]

Well that's good to know: that bit wasn't suppose to be working yet!

Terry

 

[Heero139]

This worked for me, thanks!

1. Close Word.
2. Go to your user building blocks directory (\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks on Windows XP,
\users\<user name>\app data\roaming\\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks).
3. Go into any subdirectories and delete your Building Blocks.dotx file.
4. Reboot Word will regenerate the file for you.