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January 22, 2020
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Cannot read document. Make sure that the document is closed.

  • January 22, 2020
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I am getting an error that says "Cannot read document. Make sure that the document is closed." when trying to create a topic from linked DOC.

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Peter Grainge
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January 29, 2020

Was the problem something that others would find useful to know about? If it was, please tell us to help the next person along.


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Peter Grainge
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January 22, 2020

Hyperlinks should not have caused that but if it's working, that's what matters.


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Participant
January 22, 2020

I just updated ROBO HELP to 14.0.10 and word is 2016. other projects are loading OK. I tested a new project and its working fine, it seems to be in the word document. I tried copying the old doc onto a blank and it did the same error. but a completely new project worked fine.

Peter Grainge
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January 22, 2020

Version of RoboHelp and Word?

 

Try with another document in the new project.

 

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Participant
January 22, 2020

Hi Peter, I have tryed rebooting and a new project and still the same whan I try to import.

Peter Grainge
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January 22, 2020

Is the document on your machine? If it is, try rebooting. Sometimes when you close a document, Word is still running in Task Manager. Worth a try.

 

If that fails, create a new project and import (not link) into that. Don't worry too much about settings. Just wanting to establish whether it will import. If it does, then try linking into that project.

 

Not sure what the problem is here so trying anything that comes to mind. What version of RoboHelp are you using?


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January 22, 2020

Than kyou for the quick reply. Unfortunatly, I am still getting the error after switching to doc.

Peter Grainge
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January 22, 2020

Whatever format it is in now, change to the opposite to see if that makes a difference. DOC/DOCX.

 

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January 22, 2020

I figured it out, there were two hyperlinks in the original Docx I removed them and all is well.

Thank you for your help.