Patrick Lemaire

You might find that if you drag and drop the file into Firefox then this browser reports the invalid characters in a nice easy way to find them in the file and then you can correct them.

Hi Patrick

As you are using Notepad++, download a plugin that allows you to validate the XML file, for instance XpatherizerNPP / XML Tools for notepad++ and validate the file. If there are validation errors in the XML file, you shoould get a message with the line and column of the character that is causing this problem.

Dear Felipe,

Sorry for the late reply. The client converted the Publisher file to InDesign to circumvent the problem, HOWEVER I wanted to test your solution in case the same problem occurs again in the future. So I did install the "XML Tools" plug-in in Notepad++ as you suggested (I couldn't find out how to install the Npp Xpatherizer) and what do you know! It found the error, I was able to erase the illegal character and Trados Studio opened the XML file!

Thank you very much for your help!

Dear Paul,

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you very much for your answer. I have solved the problem using the "XML Tools" Notepad++ plug-in as suggested by Felipe Gonzalez Lopez below, but I want to thank you for taking the time to answer. I have taken note of this possible solution.

Patrick