Opening Acrobat converted Document hangs MS Word 2003   

Hi

I have received a document in PDF format, and with Adobe Acrobat 8
standard, coverted it to a Word Document.

The resultant Document is, however, hanging my laptop when I try to
open it in Word 2003.
I've tried uninstalling Office 2003 and Acrobat and re-installing
them. I've applied SP1, 2 and 3 for Office 2003, but nothing makes any
difference.

I took the Word document to another laptop also running Office 2003,
and it opens instantly, as does a PC running Office 2007.

What might be happening with the original laptop? How do I
troubleshoot this?
I sent the PDF to Adobe who were also able to convert and open the
doc, and they state it is Word that it at fault.
So, I don't really know what I can do.

Any help welcomed.

Thanks
Neil

date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:34:25 -0800 (PST)   author:   neil40

Re: Opening Acrobat converted Document hangs MS Word 2003   

Reinstalling and updating Word will not affect any of the user setup. Check 
out http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then 
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm


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Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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neil40 wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have received a document in PDF format, and with Adobe Acrobat 8
> standard, coverted it to a Word Document.
>
> The resultant Document is, however, hanging my laptop when I try to
> open it in Word 2003.
> I've tried uninstalling Office 2003 and Acrobat and re-installing
> them. I've applied SP1, 2 and 3 for Office 2003, but nothing makes any
> difference.
>
> I took the Word document to another laptop also running Office 2003,
> and it opens instantly, as does a PC running Office 2007.
>
> What might be happening with the original laptop? How do I
> troubleshoot this?
> I sent the PDF to Adobe who were also able to convert and open the
> doc, and they state it is Word that it at fault.
> So, I don't really know what I can do.
>
> Any help welcomed.
>
> Thanks
> Neil

date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:12:33 +0200   author:   Graham Mayor

Re: Opening Acrobat converted Document hangs MS Word 2003   

On 3 Dec, 05:12, "Graham Mayor"  wrote:
> Reinstalling and updating Word will not affect any of the user setup. Check
> outhttp://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htmthenhttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm
>
> --
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
>
> My web sitewww.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
>
>
> neil40 wrote:
> > Hi
>
> > I have received a document in PDF format, and with Adobe Acrobat 8
> > standard, coverted it to a Word Document.
>
> > The resultant Document is, however, hanging my laptop when I try to
> > open it in Word 2003.
> > I've tried uninstalling Office 2003 and Acrobat and re-installing
> > them. I've applied SP1, 2 and 3 for Office 2003, but nothing makes any
> > difference.
>
> > I took the Word document to another laptop also running Office 2003,
> > and it opens instantly, as does a PC running Office 2007.
>
> > What might be happening with the original laptop? How do I
> > troubleshoot this?
> > I sent the PDF to Adobe who were also able to convert and open the
> > doc, and they state it is Word that it at fault.
> > So, I don't really know what I can do.
>
> > Any help welcomed.
>
> > Thanks
> > Neil- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thank You for replying Graham

I've gone through all the suggestions on both websites, but nothing
makes any difference.

Word simply 'hangs' the laptop at 99% occupancy and there is a second
Word item on the taskbar. Clicking on it just gives me an egg-timer
with a white screen, no icons and all I can do is kill Winword in Task
Manager.

Any further thoughts!?
I have successfully opened other PDF's and converted them, and opened
the resultant .DOC without problem.
It just seems to be this one PDF on one laptop.

Neil

date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 08:06:39 -0800 (PST)   author:   neil40

Re: Opening Acrobat converted Document hangs MS Word 2003   

Some times after conversion from PDF to Word, depending what was in the 
original PDF, there can be some multitudes of Page Breaks, images floating, 
etc. that can upset Word.
Have you tried Open and Repair on this document.

From Word 2003 Help.
Recover the text from a damaged document:
On the File menu, click Open. 
In the Look in list, click the drive, folder, or Internet location that 
contains the file that you want to open. 
In the folder list, locate and open the folder that contains the file. 
Select the file that you want to recover. 
Click the arrow next to the Open button, and then click Open and Repair. 

Hope this helps
DeanH

"neil40" wrote:

> On 3 Dec, 05:12, "Graham Mayor"  wrote:
> > Reinstalling and updating Word will not affect any of the user setup. Check
> > outhttp://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htmthenhttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm
> >
> > --
> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> > Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
> >
> > My web sitewww.gmayor.com
> > Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
> > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> >
> >
> >
> > neil40 wrote:
> > > Hi
> >
> > > I have received a document in PDF format, and with Adobe Acrobat 8
> > > standard, coverted it to a Word Document.
> >
> > > The resultant Document is, however, hanging my laptop when I try to
> > > open it in Word 2003.
> > > I've tried uninstalling Office 2003 and Acrobat and re-installing
> > > them. I've applied SP1, 2 and 3 for Office 2003, but nothing makes any
> > > difference.
> >
> > > I took the Word document to another laptop also running Office 2003,
> > > and it opens instantly, as does a PC running Office 2007.
> >
> > > What might be happening with the original laptop? How do I
> > > troubleshoot this?
> > > I sent the PDF to Adobe who were also able to convert and open the
> > > doc, and they state it is Word that it at fault.
> > > So, I don't really know what I can do.
> >
> > > Any help welcomed.
> >
> > > Thanks
> > > Neil- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
> 
> Thank You for replying Graham
> 
> I've gone through all the suggestions on both websites, but nothing
> makes any difference.
> 
> Word simply 'hangs' the laptop at 99% occupancy and there is a second
> Word item on the taskbar. Clicking on it just gives me an egg-timer
> with a white screen, no icons and all I can do is kill Winword in Task
> Manager.
> 
> Any further thoughts!?
> I have successfully opened other PDF's and converted them, and opened
> the resultant .DOC without problem.
> It just seems to be this one PDF on one laptop.
> 
> Neil
>

date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 05:28:00 -0800   author:   DeanH