[Solved] Recovering a corrupted LibreOffice Writer File

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ianbru
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[Solved] Recovering a corrupted LibreOffice Writer File

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Hi

I'm running Libre Office Version: 5.2.3.3 on Windows 10 and on a work file I'm getting message:

File format error found at
SAXParseException: '[word/document.xml line 2]: Attribute w:eastAsiaTheme redefined
', Stream 'word/document.xml', Line 2, Column 104268(row,col).

Document fails to load whatever I do - worked fine yesterday.

Can anyone help?

Many Thanks
Ian
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: tagged solved.
Libre Office Version: 5.2.3.3 on Windows 10
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Re: Recovering a corrupted Libre Office Writer File

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G'day, and welcome to the community forum.

[Tutorial] Format error discovered in sub-document will give you instructions on how to repair the problem yourself; if you are not confident that you can undertake the repair, upload the document and someone will attempt the repair for you.

[Forum] How to attach a document here Note maximum file size is 128K. If your file is larger, use a file sharing site such as Mediafire and post the link here.
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Re: Recovering a corrupted Libre Office Writer File

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Hi Thanks for such a quick reply - I'm afraid I'm not technical at all so I've posted a link for the file here from Mediafire if someone could help correct the file that would be great been working on it for a week.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0983a3s38 ... 02018.docx

Thanks
Ian
Libre Office Version: 5.2.3.3 on Windows 10
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I have sent you a PM
 Edit: I've sent a hopefully repaired version of your document; I'd strongly suggest you save your document in native ODF format - .odt - and only save in a foreign format when you need to send it to someone who can't read ODF files. I understand the MS Office from around 2007 can read ODF. 
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Re: [Solved] Recovering a corrupted LibreOffice Writer File

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See [Tutorial] Differences between Writer and MS Word files for why you should always work in and save files as .odt.
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.
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