Word 2013 crashes

I had a document that was 11x17 inch with few sections. I tried to reduce the page size for whole document to 5.5x8.5 size and Word 2013 crashed.
I removed all sections and removed all headers and footers and still it crashed.
I then saved document as .doc extension instead of .docx and then it worked.
When I again saved that as .docx again, it crashes again. I can no longer open the document in Word 2013 as it says that "Word has stopped working".
I can open same fine in Word 2010 or Word 2007 on Mac but not on Word 2013. All other docs open fine except this one.
I tried all suggestions such as rename normal.dot, remove registry data but it did not work.
This is what I see in event log.
Faulting application name: WINWORD.EXE, version: 15.0.4631.1000, time stamp: 0x5396b28e
Faulting module name: MSPTLS.DLL, version: 15.0.4615.1000, time stamp: 0x534ce644
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000008e875
Faulting process id: 0x2288
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfb64687335e01
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\WINWORD.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE15\MSPTLS.DLL
Report Id: 0c1fff4e-223a-11e4-bf6c-40f02f0758b4

Hi Anabas,
First, please create a new document and open it in Word 2013 to check if it works properly. If it works fine, you can copy entire content of that document into the new one.
If it doesn't, we can try these steps to check if it is helpful to you.
1. Make sure that all Office applications have updated to the latest version.
2. Open Word in safe mode (press win +r, type Word.exe /safe) to remove conflict with other 3rd-party add-ins.
3. Repair Office 2013 from Control Panel > Programs and Features.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.
Best regards,
Greta Ge
TechNet Community Support
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    This process works in Excel 2010 and 2007 so the problem must be in Excel 2013...
    The question is how to read DBF data in FoxPro format when there is no older Office version available?

    To connect to a Visual FoxPro database or table in Excel
    Open an Excel worksheet.
    From the Data menu, point to Import External Data, and click
    Import Data.
    In the Select Data Source dialog box, click New Source Data Connection.
    In the Data Connection Wizard, select Other/Advanced.
    In the Provider tab, select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro.
    The Connection tab in the Data Link Properties dialog box appears.
    To connect to a Visual FoxPro database or table in Word
    Open a Word document.
    From the View menu, point to Toolbars, and click
    Database.
    On the Database toolbar, click the Insert Database icon.
    In the Database dialog box, click Get Data.
    In the Select Data Source dialog box, click New Source Data Connection.
    In the Data Connection Wizard, select Other/Advanced.
    In the Provider tab, select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro.
    The Connection tab in the Data Link Properties dialog box appears.
    To add a Visual FoxPro database or table folder
    On the Connection tab and in the Select or enter a database name box, type path and name of the database or table folder you want. 
    -or- 
    To browse for a Visual FoxPro database or table folder, click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the
    Select or enter a database name box to open the Configure Connection dialog box.
    Specify a different collating sequence if desired.
    To test the connection, click Test Connection. If connection is successful, click
    OK.

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