How to Fix XML Error in Word Document

Microsoft Word sometimes cannot open a Word file just saved a minute ago. If you are using Word 2016, 2013, 2010 or 2007, you might run into a strange error when opening Word documents that says something like unspecified error Part: /word/document.xml, Line 2, Column:0. This is basically a XML error which is a software bug. Luckily, MS Word is a zipped file which you can actually unzip it and fix the issue. Here is how to fix XML error in Word document:

• Right click on the Word document that you want to fix and select Rename option
• Change the extension from .docx to .zip file and right click on it to select Extract Files
• Select a safe location on your system when unzip screen pop up to put the unzipped file. Make sure that the location you selected is an empty directory
• Open DOCX which you have converted to ZIP, then Word directory and you will see a file named document.xml 
• In notepad.exe, search for TOC which is not in lower case and do not have number or underscore in it
• Next find XE which is capital and not connected to anything, then look around XE to make sure this is still in the TOC section.
• If it is in TOC section, highlight the XML tag from the beginning till end and delete it
• Save the file and highlight all the directories and files, then right click to archive them
• Choose the Zip format and create the archive with ZIP file extension
• Rename .zip to .docx and try to open a file in Word

Unable to open Word file even after following the above instructions, then it indicates that there is some problem in Word document which cannot be fixed manually. Therefore, it becomes important to find effective Microsoft Word file repair tool to fix XML error in Word without losing any data.

Effectively fix Microsoft Word document XML error using Remo Repair Word

Remo Repair Word is the perfect solution for fixing all kinds of errors in Word file including XML error. It extracts contents to entirely fix all errors related to Word and creates a new healthy Word document with its attributes intact with formatting. The easy-to-use and cleaned interface of the toolkit enables you to repair XML and other types of errors in DOC/ DOCX file by yourself without any professional assistance.

In addition, It assist you to repair file format is not valid on Word File of any size or format with the help of Remo Repair Word tool. The software supports 32-bit and 64-bit compressed files and is compatible with all latest versions of Windows OS including Windows 10. Even encrypted and password protected Word files having various errors will be fixed by this utility.

How to fix XML error in Word document using Remo Repair Word

To permanently fix XML error in Word, you need to download and apply Remo Repair Word software free edition. Install and run the application for fixing XML error in Word document within 4 simple steps now.

Step 1: Launch Remo Repair Word and select the file which is having XML error using “Browse” option, then click on “Repair” button.

Step 2: Tool automatically starts fixing the errors and other issues in the selected Word file which you can view through a progress bar.

Step 3: After you get “File Repaired Successfully” message, click on “Preview File” to view the repaired file.

Step 4: Select the destination path of your choice using “Browse” option, then click on “Save” button.