Word keeps converting file

[Marcel Möring]

I'm not sure how to solve this problem. Whenever I open the word
document I'm working on (it's the same file every day) Word converts it
into, well, a word document. When it's done that, it takes an awfully
long time to repaginate. Now, I could probably solve this by exporting
the file to .txt, open it and save it again as a new word document. But
I'd hate to lose all the formatting on this text I've been working on
for the last seven years. It's just this one file that Word is
converting over and over again.
Anyy suggestions or solutions?

mm

 

[Elliott Roper]

I'm not sure how to solve this problem. Whenever I open the word
document I'm working on (it's the same file every day) Word converts it
into, well, a word document. When it's done that, it takes an awfully
long time to repaginate. Now, I could probably solve this by exporting
the file to .txt, open it and save it again as a new word document. But
I'd hate to lose all the formatting on this text I've been working on
for the last seven years. It's just this one file that Word is
converting over and over again.
Anyy suggestions or solutions?

Next time you save it, use "save as..." Note carefully the format in
which it is being saved. I'll bet it is becoming an rtf - rich text
format file. Save as word document, and you should be ok forever more.

If that was too newbie an answer, ask again, this time with details of
Word and Mac OS version. Seven years? Yikes!!

 

[Marcel Möring]

Next time you save it, use "save as..." Note carefully the format in
which it is being saved. I'll bet it is becoming an rtf - rich text
format file. Save as word document, and you should be ok forever more.

If that was too newbie an answer, ask again, this time with details of
Word and Mac OS version. Seven years? Yikes!!

Thanks, but that's what I've already tried. It's really being saved as a
Word document.
BTW: it's Word 2004 and OS 10.3.5.
I know seven years is a long time, but I'm a novelist and sometimes
that's just how it takes.

mm

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Marcel,

Try "uncorrupting" the document:
<http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/DocumentCorruption.htm>

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[Phillip M. Jones, CE.T.]

Hi Marcel,

Try "uncorrupting" the document:
<http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/DocumentCorruption.htm>

Hmmmm I just had an interest chat with John I belive it was the other
day on this forum about printing on one of these documents. On the
document we debated I noted in IE I could print the document. But in
Mozilla which is W3C standards Compatible all it would print was the top
inch of the white space in the document. The reast of the space was grey.

On this Document which looks identical excpet for the content. I am able
to to print the document exactly as shown on screen. it still has some
grey margin on both sides, but then the view of the page shows grey
margin on both sides.

Can you explain the difference. He said you used DreamWeaver to design
pages. He said that page we were dicusussing was created with Frontpage.

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[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Phillip,

I'm afraid I don't understand what you're asking. Could you start again
from the beginning? What you're asking doesn't seem to have anything to do
with this particular thread.

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[Marcel Möring]

Hi Marcel,

Try "uncorrupting" the document:
<http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/DocumentCorruption.htm>

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It's solved. Not by "uncorrupting" the document, though. I decided to
open the file in BBedit, to check if it wasn't a rtf-file after all.
And, yes, it was. I've no idea how this could've happened. I've always
saved it as a word document, but it is probably my own stupid mistake.
It is a genuine Word doc now. Thanks for all the help.

mm

 

[Elliott Roper]

It's solved. Not by "uncorrupting" the document, though. I decided to
open the file in BBedit, to check if it wasn't a rtf-file after all.
And, yes, it was. I've no idea how this could've happened. I've always
saved it as a word document, but it is probably my own stupid mistake.
It is a genuine Word doc now. Thanks for all the help.

mm

Now there is the title of your *next* novel

"Seven years in RTF"
;-)

 

[Marcel Möring]

Now there is the title of your *next* novel

"Seven years in RTF"
;-)

Hmmm, catchy. I think I might use it.

mm

 

[John McGhie]

Seven years ago, "Word 6/95 and Word 97 Combined (RTF)" was a horror visited
upon the world by Microsoft in their effort to make Word 97 backwards
compatible with Word 6.

The file was a two-compartment document with the current format in one half
and RTF in the other. The old versions would read the RTF version, newer
versions of Word would find and read the Word version.

The thing was corruption-city. Word has to remain compatible with it, and
there are still plenty of old documents out there in that format, but it was
a horror

Cheers

It's solved. Not by "uncorrupting" the document, though. I decided to
open the file in BBedit, to check if it wasn't a rtf-file after all.
And, yes, it was. I've no idea how this could've happened. I've always
saved it as a word document, but it is probably my own stupid mistake.
It is a genuine Word doc now. Thanks for all the help.

mm

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[John McGhie]

Hi Beth:

Phillip is on a religious crusade against FrontPage.

Sorry Phillip, www.word.mvps.org is a site maintained by MICROSOFT MVPs,
expert in Microsoft software, who use IE and FrontPage.

Then again, if you would like to personally re-code all of the site's pages,
frames and style sheets to be fully W3C compliant, I can assure you that
Beth and I could use the help. We are, after all, the ONLY people who
maintain that site... And we both have day jobs. And while I would love to
sit down with Beth as you suggested, it's quite a swim from here (Sydney) to
LA...

Now, stop complaining and get back to helping the other users around here,
so we can get you nominated as an MVP too. Then at least you will be INSIDE
the tent and we won't keep getting wet...

Actually, Beth and I know each other very well: we have stayed at each
others places several times. And I would like to point out, as publicly and
embarrassingly as possible, that it's HER turn to visit ME next (That
should provoke some blasphemy from Beverley Hills...)

Cheers

Hi Phillip,

I'm afraid I don't understand what you're asking. Could you start again
from the beginning? What you're asking doesn't seem to have anything to do
with this particular thread.

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[Beth Rosengard]

Actually, Beth and I know each other very well: we have stayed at each
others places several times. And I would like to point out, as publicly and
embarrassingly as possible, that it's HER turn to visit ME next (That
should provoke some blasphemy from Beverley Hills...)

Blasphemy indeed! You've got it exactly backwards. I was the last one to
cross the Pacific, not you! Anyway, better be careful what you wish for,
John !

Cheers,

Beth