Ted - your response is Hysterical. I love it! But - alas, this might be something my buddy's Son might pull. However, his daughter is really the only smart cookie in the family.
Also - his PC is old - and they all use it - her for homework - him & his wife for business. So, the old PC may actually have somehow corrupted the file. Oh well - at least I took a shot at trying to help out. Life goes on... -K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File I think you might suspect this is the 21st century equivalent of "the dog ate my homework" -- pick a random file off the hard disk, copy it and rename it "My Very Very Very Important Homework Assignment I Worked On All Night Rather Than Hanging Out on Snapchat.docx" and Voila! Instant excuse! On a Linux box, executing "file yourfile.docx" will attempt to discover what the file is likely made of. I don't know of a Windows equivalent. On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > Tried renaming to DOC - but, still no go. > > Renamed it to a ZIP file - again - still no go... > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ted Roche > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Help w/a Corrupted Word File > > First, of course, scan for malware. > > If you have a copy of the document, try booting a machine into a LiveCd of > Linux and reading it with LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org -- these are often more > tolerant of variations in the format than MS. > > Try renaming a copy to .doc, as docx wasn't that common in 2003, iirc. > > Finally, docx is a ZIP file that contains manifest files and folders of XML > files. There are 3rd party 'dump' programs that will let you read them, or > just rename a copy .ZIP and have at it. > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK - am trying this again. I posted last night from home - but, message did >> NOT appear - even by this morning. And, I even checked the Archive just now >> - and it's not there. So - here goes... >> >> The daughter of my buddy has a homework assignment report she was writing up >> in Word. I believe it's like 2003 version. She tried to open the Doc last >> night - and its corrupted. Since the Doc has a docx extension - I figured >> that it's really XML based - and thought I could load it up in IE - since I >> know that IE can open XML type files. But, alas - that failed. >> >> And, the poor girl is practically Begging for help. So - any input from you >> folks would be Greatly appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Kurt Wendt >> Consultant >> >> GLOBETAX >> 90 Broad Street >> New York, NY 10004-2205, U.S.A. >> Tel. +1-212-747-9100 >> Fax. +1-212-747-0029 >> Email: [email protected]<mailto:%[email protected]> >> Web: www.GlobeTax.com<http://www.globetax.com/> >> >> GlobeTax does not provide or offer, and this is not, tax, investment or >> legal advice. This email and any attachments hereto is intended only for use >> by the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not >> the intended recipient of this e-mail, please immediately notify the >> sender at +1-212-747-9100 and permanently delete the original and any copies >> of this e-mail. >> >> >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f1ce...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
