Error message when you try to open a Word 2003 XML document from a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 document library

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to open a Microsoft Office Word 2003 XML document from a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 document library, you may receive the following error message:

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

An invalid character was found in text content. Error processing resource 'http://SharePoint_Site/document_library/Upload%20Word_document.xml'.

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CAUSE

This problem may occur if you first edit the Word XML document in Word 2003, and at the same time, you click the list entry to open the document from the document library. After you make changes and close or save the document, the file information is incorrectly written back to the document that is stored in the document library.

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