Word 2000: Document may be corrupt

When I open some documents, a message is displayed that "Document may be
corrupt...". However, the documents load OK. What's the matter and are there
any simple ways (aside from copying and pasting into a new document) to stop
these messages?
TIA

Beth
Wed Dec 03 09:40:49 CST 2003

No, not really unless you find the source of corruption.

The fact that creating a new document rectifies the problem indicates
there was corruption found in the document and if you disregard the
warning at some point it could prevent you from opening the document.

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"Audiohead" <joe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When I open some documents, a message is displayed that "Document
may be
> corrupt...". However, the documents load OK. What's the matter and
are there
> any simple ways (aside from copying and pasting into a new document)
to stop
> these messages?
> TIA
>
>

anonymous
Mon Jan 12 06:01:41 CST 2004

I have has this issue on a large document (160 pages). The document opens OK and all the text appears OK although some of the links and bookmarks within it are corrupt. I have followed the advice to copy all the information into another document, the issue still remains. Is there an easy way to identify where the issue is?

TIA,

Mark

----- Beth Melton wrote: -----

No, not really unless you find the source of corruption.

The fact that creating a new document rectifies the problem indicates
there was corruption found in the document and if you disregard the
warning at some point it could prevent you from opening the document.

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"Audiohead" <joe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eMcUJkntDHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> When I open some documents, a message is displayed that "Document
may be
> corrupt...". However, the documents load OK. What's the matter and
are there
> any simple ways (aside from copying and pasting into a new document)
to stop
> these messages?
> TIA
>>

Ian
Fri Jan 30 06:08:39 CST 2004

I have the same issue - see MD Knowledge Based Articles
164458 and 237274; I've not yet sorted my probs though!
>-----Original Message-----
>I have has this issue on a large document (160 pages).
The document opens OK and all the text appears OK although
some of the links and bookmarks within it are corrupt. I
have followed the advice to copy all the information into
another document, the issue still remains. Is there an
easy way to identify where the issue is?
>
>TIA,
>
>Mark
>
> ----- Beth Melton wrote: -----
>
> No, not really unless you find the source of
corruption.
>
> The fact that creating a new document rectifies the
problem indicates
> there was corruption found in the document and if
you disregard the
> warning at some point it could prevent you from
opening the document.
>
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newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
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> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
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> "Audiohead" <joe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eMcUJkntDHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > When I open some documents, a message is displayed
that "Document
> may be
> > corrupt...". However, the documents load OK.
What's the matter and
> are there
> > any simple ways (aside from copying and pasting
into a new document)
> to stop
> > these messages?
> > TIA
> >>
>.
>

anonymous
Wed Feb 11 10:56:05 CST 2004

I have had the same issues with my documents (over 900 pages). The originals were written in Word on Windows NT. My computer has since been upgraded to Windows 2000 and I am now using Word 2000. The same "may be corrupt" message appears whenever I would open one of these documents. I have been able to eliminate this error by transferring the document to another computer running Windows XP (don't remember what Word version) and opening the file. I then resave the file to another file name, transfer it back to my Windows 2000 machine and all "may be corrupt" error message are now gone. From what I have reviews the contents look fine (although I haven't done an exact comparison between old and new)

Andre
Wed Feb 11 16:26:38 CST 2004

Enter Word 2000, go to File > Open > (Files of Type), select Recover Text
from Any File, and select the document thats giving problems and open.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.
"ezgator" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have had the same issues with my documents (over 900 pages). The
>originals were written in Word on Windows NT. My computer has since been
>upgraded to Windows 2000 and I am now using Word 2000. The same "may be
>corrupt" message appears whenever I would open one of these documents. I
>have been able to eliminate this error by transferring the document to
>another computer running Windows XP (don't remember what Word version) and
>opening the file. I then resave the file to another file name, transfer it
>back to my Windows 2000 machine and all "may be corrupt" error message are
>now gone. From what I have reviews the contents look fine (although I
>haven't done an exact comparison between old and new).
>