Tables corrupting since installing Word 2003.

[Yorkshire Bob]

Since installing Word 2003 I am difficulty with tables. When loading the file
I get a warning saying that the table is corrupted. It causes a lot of
hassle. Any ideas what's wrong?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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Since installing Word 2003 I am difficulty with tables. When loading the file
I get a warning saying that the table is corrupted. It causes a lot of
hassle. Any ideas what's wrong?

My first thought would be a damaged Normal.dot template. If you rename your
current Normal.dot to NormalOLD.dot, then start up Word, does the problem
disappear in NEW documents?

For existing documents with the problem, if you can open them successfully, ttry
round-tripping through XML format:
- Open the document
- Use "Save As" to save to XML file format
- close the document
- Open it again and save as a document

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Yorkshire Bob]

Thank you very much for your help

Hi =?Utf-8?B?WW9ya3NoaXJlIEJvYg==?=,

My first thought would be a damaged Normal.dot template. If you rename your
current Normal.dot to NormalOLD.dot, then start up Word, does the problem
disappear in NEW documents?

For existing documents with the problem, if you can open them successfully, ttry
round-tripping through XML format:
- Open the document
- Use "Save As" to save to XML file format
- close the document
- Open it again and save as a document

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)


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