I am trying to save a file on a flash and floppy disk. I keep getting the
message in Word that the disk is full or too many files are open. Neither are
true. I am not sure what the problem is. Help!

Sandy

Never save directly. Save it to your hard drive and then copy it over to the
flash/floppy.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Sandy" wrote in message
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I am trying to save a file on a flash and floppy disk. I keep getting the
message in Word that the disk is full or too many files are open. Neither
are
true. I am not sure what the problem is. Help!

Sandy

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!
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"Sandy" wrote in message
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I am trying to save a file on a flash and floppy disk. I keep getting the
message in Word that the disk is full or too many files are open. Neither
are
true. I am not sure what the problem is. Help!

Sandy