I cannot create the target version of my Word file out of SDL Trados Studio 2015.

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I cannot create the target version of my Word file out of SDL Trados Studio 2015. What is the problem?
This is the error message I get: "The 'w:fldSimple' start tag on line 1 position 1315 does not match the end tag of 'w:p'. Line 2, position 5"
Thanks for help!

Paul · Answer

Hi Nicole, 
 I guess my immediate reaction would be that you run a verification in the editor view (F8) and see if this finds your tag problem. But I reckon you have done this already, so the problem is more likely to be the file. Can you please try two things : 
 
 Open the original word file in Studio as a new single file project and immediately save the target. If it works then I would pre-translate from your TM and save it again. Thaty often resolves an issue where something may have happened to the sdlxliff you are currently working on. 
 If the first idea didn't help then go to your File -> Options and deactivate the Word filter you are using (if it's a DOCX... if it's a DOC the solution might be to save it as a DOCX) and activate the other DOCX filter below it called "Microsoft Word 2007 - 2016". Then try to repeat 1. but this time using this new filtype for MSWord. 
 
 If neither of these work would you be able to share your original source file and the translated sdlxliff so I can take a look? 
 Regards 
 Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Nicole, 
 
You can send this to me at pfilkin@sdl.com If it's really large best to use dropbox or similar. I may not look at this until tomorrow though... hope that's ok? 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Nicole, 
 
I think it's unlikely the sdlxliff on its own will allow me to investigate this... but you never know, it has been known that the sdlxliff will just work correctly on another machine. If the problem is with the file (problem for Studio or otherwise) then the only way to resolve it is to test the file. You could do this yourself by doing the following: 
 
1. Copy the Word file into a new folder 
2. Open it and split the file in two, saving each half as separate files. 
3. Test the two halves and see which one causes a problem. 
4. Take the one that caused the problem and split it again, then test these two halves. 
5. Repeat this process until you get down to a single page that won't save. 
6. Break up that page to find the part of the page that causes the issue. 
 
It may even be easier to just find the page and then remove it. Translate the file and then put the page back and translate it manually. But it's helpful for us to be able to identify the problem. If you can get it down to a single page then maybe you can anonymise it and send us that page? 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

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