Re: OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-07 Thread Simon BUCH
Hello Pat, IF your file really is a Microsoft .DOCX format file, you should be able to unzip the content of the file using an unarchiver utility like 7zip [on Windows]. You will get a few folders, including one named 'word', inside of which you will find a 'document.xml' file. You might be

Re: OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-07 Thread Robert Lauriston
.docx is internally a Zip archive, so you can rename the file to .zip, extract the contents, and maybe retrieve some or all of your work. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to

RE: OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-07 Thread Fred Ridder
Simon Buch wrote: IF your file really is a Microsoft .DOCX format file, you should be able to unzip the content of the file using an unarchiver utility like 7zip [on Windows]. You will get a few folders, including one named 'word', inside of which you will find a 'document.xml' file.

OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-07 Thread Simon BUCH
Hello Pat, IF your file really is a Microsoft .DOCX format file, you should be able to "unzip" the content of the file using an unarchiver utility like 7zip [on Windows]. You will get a few folders, including one named 'word', inside of which you will find a 'document.xml' file. You might be

OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-07 Thread Fred Ridder
Simon Buch wrote: > IF your file really is a Microsoft .DOCX format file, you should be able > to "unzip" the content of the file using an unarchiver utility like 7zip > [on Windows]. You will get a few folders, including one named 'word', > inside of which you will find a 'document.xml'

OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-06 Thread Pat Christenson
Hi - Please excuse this OT post but the people on this list are so knowledgable. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have a Word .docx file that won't open. I discovered that there's an XML- and equations-related bug (thanks, Microsoft!) that works like this: You open a

OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-06 Thread Pat Christenson
Hi - Please excuse this OT post but the people on this list are so knowledgable. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have a Word .docx file that won't open. I discovered that there's an XML- and equations-related bug (thanks, Microsoft!) that works like this: You open a

OT: Corrupt .docx file

2013-02-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
.docx is internally a Zip archive, so you can rename the file to .zip, extract the contents, and maybe retrieve some or all of your work.