Word 97

[Nancy Newman]

I copied a very large file by logging in to an intranet
and can not open this file in Word 97 - message is can't
open the file, try using file/open etc and that it has
a .doc extension. I've also tried the troubleshooting
damaged documents things to do if the document won't open.
Possibly something to do with the server I copied the
document from???
Any suggestions please
Thank you
Nancy

 

[TF]

Nancy

Try File, Open and select the Recover Text from Any File option and see if
you can open it. MAKE SURE TO REVERT that setting back to Word *.DOCS when
finished because it is a sticky setting.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://www.mvps.org/word/

I copied a very large file by logging in to an intranet
and can not open this file in Word 97 - message is can't
open the file, try using file/open etc and that it has
a .doc extension. I've also tried the troubleshooting
damaged documents things to do if the document won't open.
Possibly something to do with the server I copied the
document from???
Any suggestions please
Thank you
Nancy

 

[Guest]

Hi Terry,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately it hasn't worked -
still can't open the *!*! file. Any other suggestions?
Nancy

 

[TF]

Nancy

Wow, it must be VERY corrupt. The last ditch attempt will be to open it in a
text editor such as Notepad or WordPad if it is too big for Notepad.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://www.mvps.org/word/

Hi Terry,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately it hasn't worked -
still can't open the *!*! file. Any other suggestions?
Nancy

 

[Guest]

HI Terry,
That worked - it does open in WordPad. As all of the
graphics, formatting etc. is lost it isn't a lot of use to
me. Wonder what happened to the file to mess it up - I
had downloaded/copied others from the same intranet
without any problem.
Thank you so much for your help.
Regards
Nancy