[Solved] Format error discovered in the sub-document

Herntalad · Post by **Herntalad** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:57 am

Hi everyone. I have an odt file that won't open due to a format error in the sub-document content. I know this has question has been answered on this forum -- there's even an excellent tutorial -- but alas, I find myself too ignorant to even follow the steps described to make the necessary fix. Can someone help walk me through this? Honestly, I can't even figure out step one, which is no knock against the tutorial. I am just out of my element, here.

Thanks!

Post by **robleyd** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:01 am

G'day, and welcome to the community forum.

I suggest you upload the document and let someone try and fix it for you.
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Herntalad · Post by **Herntalad** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:08 am

Thanks, mate. Let's give it a try.

Post by **robleyd** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:15 am

If you PM me with an email address, I'll send you a hopefully fully repaired file.

Post by **RoryOF** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:24 am

I have no tools on this computer, but can see that the error is as John_Ha has identified in other similar files - multiple Annotations wrongly inserted in P1 style. How was the file edited - with OpenOffice, LibreOffice or MS Word?

If robleyd's repair is not good. I'll look at it later on another computer with the proper tools.

Post by **robleyd** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:34 am

For information, I removed all but one of the multiple Annotations. I experimented with removing the last Annotation but that gave a document of 213 pages compared to 234 in the first repair I did.

Herntalad · Post by **Herntalad** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:35 am

It's fixed! Amazing, thanks so much, robleyd!

Post by **RoryOF** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:54 am

I think the Annotation not to remove is the shortest one. It would be helpful for fault-finding to know if this document originated in MS Word or has been Saved in MS Word .doc or .docx (which?) format.

Herntalad · Post by **Herntalad** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:54 am

Hmmm...probably originated as docx, but not sure. Definitely has been saved back and forth from docx to odt.

Post by **RoryOF** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:27 am

Has this ever been edited/saved by MS Word, or has it always been worked using OpenOffice or LibreOffice: if so, which? Help About will tell exact version of either. We are trying to track down the causer of this corruption and this information will be helpful.

Post by **John_Ha** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:05 pm

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

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