Word 2007 File Corruptions

[Smiley101]

What causes a Word file that I had no problems with whatsoever while I was
creating it to suddenly become corrupted after I transfer it another user? I
don't realize there is a file problem until I get feedback that the other
user couldn't open it. Then, I'll go back to try and open this same file on
my computer (the same computer I created the original file with), and that's
when I get the file corruption message so then I cannot even open it at that
point.

I don't understand what's going on with these files. I usually have a group
of files to transfer and some files will become corrupt while others are just
fine.

This has happened 2x with my Word 2007 files in the past few weeks. It's
becoming a big issue for me because these Word files are my homework
assignments for a college class.

I need some help with this. Is it something I'm doing wrong or is this a
common occurance with Word 2007?

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Are they trying to open it directly from an email attachment, or
directly from removable media? They should save it to their hard drive
first. (Even if it opens properly, any editing done on it is likely to
be lost when Word is closed, as it is "parked" in a Temporary folder,
which is cleared out when Word is closed.)

 

[Yves Dhondt]

Are you by any chance forcing the extension on your document? By default
Word 2007 uses the "docx" extension. If you changed that manually to "doc"
without changing the format when you saved your documents, then Word won't
recognize the file. In that case, the solution could be as simple as
changing the extension.

Yves

 

[Yves Dhondt]

The OP stated that the files are corrupt on his side as well. So it doesn't
matter how the receivers opened them. Besides, in Word 2007, documents
opened from attachments are no longer saved to a temp folder as you
describe. It is good practice to store them locally first though.

Yves

Are they trying to open it directly from an email attachment, or
directly from removable media? They should save it to their hard drive
first. (Even if it opens properly, any editing done on it is likely to
be lost when Word is closed, as it is "parked" in a Temporary folder,
which is cleared out when Word is closed.)