Hi, I am writing a novel and tracking my editor's changes. I've spent hours on it and
now when I try to open the file, I get: Read Error. Format error discovered in the file in sub-document content .xml at 2,4476 (row, col).
It's a full novel, so big file.
What can I do to recover it?
Thanks-
John
[Solved] Can't Open File. Read Error.
[Solved] Can't Open File. Read Error.
Last edited by John7216 on Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
Open Office 4.1.0. Installed on Windows 7
Re: Help! Can't Open File. Read Error.
If you have experience with xml files, you can change the file extension from .odt to .zip, open the zip archive, extract the content.xml file and look for errors in it. Once you have fixed the errors, you just put the content.xml back in the zip archive and change the file extension back to .odt. If that sounds scary, you need to either post the file where someone can look at it, Drop Box, Google Drive or a file sharing site like MediaFire, or email the file to someone here. I can look at it but I am far from the most skilled on this site at fixing xml files. Reply here if you want to email it to me and I will send you an email address.
OpenOffice 4.1 on Windows 10 and Linux Mint
If your question is answered, please go to your first post, select the Edit button, and add [Solved] to the beginning of the title.
If your question is answered, please go to your first post, select the Edit button, and add [Solved] to the beginning of the title.
Re: Help! Can't Open File. Read Error.
Thanks FJCC,
I can email it to you. What is your addy?
I can email it to you. What is your addy?
Open Office 4.1.0. Installed on Windows 7
Re: Help! Can't Open File. Read Error.
Replied with my email address via a private message.
OpenOffice 4.1 on Windows 10 and Linux Mint
If your question is answered, please go to your first post, select the Edit button, and add [Solved] to the beginning of the title.
If your question is answered, please go to your first post, select the Edit button, and add [Solved] to the beginning of the title.
Re: [Solved] Help! Can't Open File. Read Error.
See [Tutorial] Format error discovered in sub-document or [Tutorial] How to fix SAXParse errors in LibreOffice files for detailed instructions on how to fix the file.
LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.