File Format Error

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Open Office 2.4
MS Windows XPpro SP2
Trying to open a file I get:
"File Format Error found at 1186, 7(row, col)."
How can I open this document??

[Hagar Delest]

Good news: you can recover your file without losing quite anything.
Bad news: you'll have to do it that way: [Hint] How did I fix my ODT file (applies for Windows also).