Error generating target file - Word from PDF (EN-FR)

Hello, I am having trouble generating the target file for 3 specific documents in an EN-FR project. The source files are Word docs converted from PDF.

We can update the TM without issues, but "Save as Target" fails. We have already tried creating 3 different projects, but the error persists in the same files.

Attached are the error messages we are receiving. Any help on how to fix the file structure or identify the blocking tag would be appreciated.

Error message in Trados Studio showing 'The value cannot be null. Parameter name: String' for three files in the task results window.

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Error generating target file - Word from PDF (EN-FR) Hello, I am having trouble generating the target file for 3 specific documents in an EN-FR project. The source files are Word docs converted from PDF. We can update the TM without issues, but "Save as Target" fails. We have already tried creating 3 different projects, but the error persists in the same files. Attached are the error messages we are receiving. Any help on how to fix the file structure or identify the blocking tag would be appreciated. https://community.rws.com/resized-image/__size/1800x1200/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/90/Trados_5F00_issue_5F00_-detail_5F00_01.jpg
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David Jaramillo 2 hours ago in reply to Jerzy Czopik +1

Thanks Jerzy. It was very insightful the comment. We appreciate your response!!

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0 Jerzy Czopik 2 days ago

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Were any segments merged in the files? Especially over paragraph boundaries? This may cause the trouble.

Otherwise check the formatting of source Word files for something unusual. The best way to deal with PDF is converting them upfront with a decent OCR solution. And even better is to convert to plain text and reformat from scratch. This works always. Automated PDF conversion is typically troublesome.

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