Testing integrity of "unstable" Word document

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Lobster - 21 Mar 2005 12:13 GMT

I'm currently working on a lengthy Word file emailed to me by a
client... problem is that it seems to be a bit 'odd'; it takes ages to
scroll around the document and I'm very concerned it may just crash on
me and become unusable (after I've spent hours of my time working on it!
It's about 1.5Mb, 100 pages, with some screenshots embededded in it,
which I know will affect things a bit; however I'm pretty experienced at
working with docs like this and it definitely has a bad feel to it!

Is there a way I can electronically test this document to see whether
it's got any problems or is corrupted in some way?

I could go back to the client for another copy but would rather not if
there's no problem; furthermore any problem may still be there in their
version...

Thanks
David

(Word 2003, BTW!)

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TF - 21 Mar 2005 15:51 GMT

Use a copy of the document so you have a fallback in case of accidents. Use
File, Open, select the document and then click the down arrow at the side of
the OPEN button and choose Detect and Repair.

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