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Strange Word floppy seek
Whenever one of my Word 2003 users clicks on mail merge the floppy drive
starts churning like it is looking for a floppy disk. I have verified that the drive is good. Also, none of the file locations under options point to the floppy drive. Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks! |
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Strange Word floppy seek
Yes. Someone using that computer logged in as that user attempted to do
something on a floppy drive with Word. This is a "no no!" What happens when the user does a File Open? If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within Word, act as if your floppy drive does not exist! (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as well.) Don't use Word to: Open a document on a floppy Print a document on a floppy Edit a document on a floppy Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy) Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives! Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth using Windows. I know that for some with shared computers (libraries, schools) this is a tough prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new formatted disk each time you save and don't do any editing. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Chris" wrote in message news Whenever one of my Word 2003 users clicks on mail merge the floppy drive starts churning like it is looking for a floppy disk. I have verified that the drive is good. Also, none of the file locations under options point to the floppy drive. Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks! |
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