Re: [libreoffice-users] Corrupted File

On 01/05/2013 04:31 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi Joel,
>
> Joel Madero schrieb:
> > Hi All,
> > I have a corrupted file and it's important, hoping I can recover -- my
> > backup works but it's a month old and it's missing some data, worst case
> > it'll do but I'd prefer getting the up to date one fixed. Error is:
> >
> > Read-Error.
> > Format error discovered in the file in sub-document content.xml at
> > 2,1197863(row,col).
> >
> >
> > When I try opening content.xml with firefox I get
> >
> > XML Parsing Error: duplicate attribute
> > Location: file:///tmp/.fr-lMJsLA/content.xml
> > Line Number 2, Column 1197864:
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to fix this? Not confidential information so I
> > can send it to someone to look at. Thanks in advance
>
> I have currently not time enough to repair it for you, but here is, 
> what you need to do:
>
> - Make a copy of the file and work on the copy.
> - Unzip the file. Depending on your unpacker, you might need to change 
> the filename-extension from .odt to .zip. You will get a folder.
> - Go inside the folder. You will see the file content.xml
> - Open the file with an editor, that is able to handle UTF8 and Unix 
> line ends.
> - Go to the place, which is given in the error message. You will see 
> two identical parts of the kind foo="bar". Remove one of them. Save 
> the file. Be sure to use UTF8 and Unix line ends.
> - Mark all content of the folder and zip it. You will get a file, with 
> filename-extension .zip. Change the filename-extension to .odt.
>
> If all went well, you can open the file now. If it is not a text file, 
> you have of cause to use the appropriate filename-extension.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
Excellent, thanks for the advice to both of you. I used emacs and 
discovered the error - my bigger concern now is that LibO did this to 
begin with :-/


Best Regards and Thanks Again,
Joel

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