File not found error with MS word

[progressive7]

When i attempt to open a particular document in word i get a message saying the the file cannot be found even though ican see the file in explorer and it appears under dos. any idea's

 

[BlueHorizon]

Hi,
Try opening the program first. Then open the document. Sometimes that works.


Best,
Kathy
BlueHorizon

http://www.bluehorizontraining.com

 

[progressive7]

I tried this to no avail

 

[khimedia]

have you tried browsing to the file in explorer and opening it from there?

 

[fumei]

Just curious...are you trying to open it in Word from the Recent File list? There are some things that can be tricky about that list.

 

[progressive7]

No i it is not being opened from a recent files list.i have tried all different ways of opening it.

 

[DeeNCee]

When browsing while already in the program, make sure that the "Save as type" field has the type of file that you want to open.

 

[JVerdaasdonk]

Hi,

Make a copy, just to be on the safe side!

Change the extension in to *.dot (template), sometimes it works.

You can try to recover you're document via the taskpane (XP)

Question, is you're HD Full?
Are you using a short cut?
Is you're document title longer (as 223 marks)?

Have you already tried searching for you're document in Windows? (perhaps ther's more than one file)

Good Luck!

Joost Verdaasdonk

 

[progressive7]

thanks for all your help, in the end i opened it in XP. not sure what the problem was as the document was created on word 2000 on NT.