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Fix various Word document issues via copy-and-paste
Authored by: gabester on Dec 31, '08 08:15:19AM

I've used this technique in the past as well to resurrect documents with issues long the following lines:

Formatting can't be changed.
Layout can't be changed.
Additional changes to the document can't be saved.

In most cases you can make the changes but they won't be saved.
Since it never occurred to me that this could be a hint, I'll add what seems to be obvious, is that sometimes this solution works for a part of larger document. I.e. copy and paste the offending page(s) to a new document; modify as needed; delete the existing page(s) in the original; then insert the fixed pages. This is especially useful in PowerPoint.
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