"unknown error occurred" during export to .doc

Question

I've tried everything:
moving the contents to a new blank document
saving to iDisk
saving to HD
deleting the one image in it
deleting the one table in it
changing the font
validating ALL my fonts (including the Japanese)
calling tech support (super useless)
And I still can't get this one file to export or save as a word document.
I can do it from Pages on iPad but not on my iMac!
Will

Answer 1

This is an old thread, so you have probably given up, but the problem is relatively easily solved.  The issue is apparently bad or corrupt, or missing fonts, typically in only one small section of the document.
You can try to chase down font issues, but it is faster to simply try deleting half the document and exporting again. If that works, restore the deletion and delete half of that "bad" section. Keep doing this systematically until you have located the part of the document causing the problem.  Often it is something pasted in from another document.
You can then export most of the document and then copy and paste the remaining bits over into Word.
This works with Keynote, too, where often the issue is just one slide.
Good luck!