[Solved] Format error discovered … in sub-document styles

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AlysonHannigan64
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[Solved] Format error discovered … in sub-document styles

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Hello; from a search of the forums, I see that I'm the latest in the line of people to suffer this sort of problem, but I'm far too tech-ignorant to understand the do-it-yourself solutions that have been suggested. It seems that my only hope now lies in those modern-day heroes that go by the title of Moderators...

If it's any help, the Read-Error message I get when trying to open the document says that at error is "at 1,0(row,col)."
Last edited by MrProgrammer on Sun Jan 09, 2022 4:26 am, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Tagged ✓ [Solved] because recovery instructions were provided and the file has no data
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Re: Format error discovered in the file in sub-document styl

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Your file is damaged beyond repair, with no recoverable input.

Try the methods in this post, as soon as possible, in the hope of recovering part or all of it.

The damage is possibly due to over-hasty power-off of computer or closure of laptop lid, before the file housekeeping has been written to disk, or to computer or program crash. Do not let your computer sleep/hibernate with a document open. When you have formally closed down the computer, wait five or ten seconds before pulling the power lead or closing the laptop lid, to allow the internal buffers of the hard drive flush to disk

As soon as possible try the methods in this tutorial
See [Tutorial] How to find and un-delete AOO temporary files for detailed instructions on how to

a) use Previous Versions (W7 and later) to recover previous versions of the file (is there something similar on MacOS and Linux?);

b) recover your file as it was when you last opened or saved it, or as it was when it was last saved with AutoRecovery;

c) find previous versions of the file in the folder it is located in, but which have since been deleted;

d) un-delete the temporary files AOO wrote while you were editing the file, and then deleted. This will recover your file as it was when you last opened or you last saved it.

There will be nothing usable in your damaged file - waste no time with it. Try the recovery methods above.
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Re: Format error discovered in the file in sub-document styl

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Thank you kindly!
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