Re: Word 2007 files corrupted by displayed equations

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Obviously there is a problem with the EE and we really are not able to say what is being done about it.

Might I suggest that in the meantime, you create and edit your EQs in a separate empty document and save with an EQ# as the file name so you know which is which. Then use Insert file to enter the EQ into your real document. That should minimise the possibility of corrupting and losing loads of work in one crash.

Terry


"DaveCasper" <DaveCasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0E0844A1-5B37-46C7-9FEE-4C57BC1C5CDA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

What I have trained myself to do is to save (Ctrl+S) after every time I edit
an equation. That way, if (or rather, when) the file becomes corrupted, I
don't have to search the whole document, but know what equation it is.

Not a very satisfactory work-around, but it is the only way I've been able
to work with the equation editor, and it looks like we're not going to get
any real help here... :-(



"kyouwatou" wrote:

I have the exact same problem! Same error code. But I have Japanese Word 2007
on a Japanese Windows XP system. I have only one copy of that buildingblocks
file.

I can only save my document with equations in about 1 of 10 tries by moving
things around and adding/deleting parapraph markers. Unfortunately, my first
save went smoothly, now when I try to edit mistakes in the document I can't
save them. I'll have to start all over in OpenOffice I guess. Or maybe just
print as is and use a red pen!

It is damn frustrating as the Equation Editor seems smooth, but this issue
makes Word 2007 completely useless to me, wish I'd never "upgraded".


"DaveCasper" wrote:

> I have seen this problem on two different installations, both Word 2007
> Ultimate + Vista Ultimate (32 bit), with several different files.
>
> At a certain point when I am editing a document containing equations, > the
> file becomes unsaveable. If I click Save, the Save As dialog box > opens. If
> click OK with the name of the existing file (on my local hard disk), I > get "A
> file error has occured". Ctrl+Shift+I says it is error #200871. Then > it
> asks me to save a recovery file.
>
> If I enter a different (new) filename and click OK, the same thing > happens.
>
> If I click Save As and click OK to confirm the existing filename OR > enter a
> new filename, the Save As dialog closes and then opens again. Clicking > OK
> this time leads to the same sequence as above.
>
> If I cut the last equation out of the document, it saves fine. If I > paste
> it back in, the problem comes back. If I add a space after the > equation, so
> it is "inline" instead of "displayed", the file saves fine. The > problem can
> come and go depending on whether NewLines or Paragraph marks are before > and
> after the equation. The equation in question is nothing particularly > unusual.
>
> The file is Word 2007 format (.docx).
>

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