[USING WORD, NEED ASSISTANCE,PLEASE......]

I TYPED UP DOCUMENTS FOR WORK USING WORD, WHEN I FINISHED I SAVED THEM TO MY
FLOPPY, THEN TRIED TO PRINT THEM OUT, SOMETHING POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN
TELLING ME MY DOCUMENT WERE NTO FORMATTED, DID I WANT TO FORMAT?? WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW IS IF I FORMAT, WILL I LOSE MY DOCUMENTS AND HAVE TO START
OVER??APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS...

[Gordon]

"USING WORD, NEED ASSISTANCE,PLEASE......" USING WORD, NEED
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I TYPED UP DOCUMENTS FOR WORK USING WORD, WHEN I FINISHED I SAVED THEM TO
MY
FLOPPY, THEN TRIED TO PRINT THEM OUT, SOMETHING POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN
TELLING ME MY DOCUMENT WERE NTO FORMATTED, DID I WANT TO FORMAT?? WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW IS IF I FORMAT, WILL I LOSE MY DOCUMENTS AND HAVE TO START
OVER??APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS...


Well I certainly hope that all the documents you type for work are NOT all
in caps. Please turn off your caps lock when posting here.
if I interpret your post correctly, do NOT work from documents on a floppy
disk, you WILL lose them. Copy them back to the HDD first, before opening
them.

[TF]

It is highly likely that you have corrupted your document. Saving or editing
a Word document on a floppy drive is hazardous. You need to save to the
local hard disk and COPY the file to and from the floppy. Never open, save,
edit or print using a floppy or most forms of Removable media.

Also, please use your shift key as ALL CAPS is very difficult to read. Most
people stop writing in BIG LETTERS around 5 years old.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"USING WORD, NEED ASSISTANCE,PLEASE......" USING WORD, NEED
wrote in message
...
I TYPED UP DOCUMENTS FOR WORK USING WORD, WHEN I FINISHED I SAVED THEM TO
MY
FLOPPY, THEN TRIED TO PRINT THEM OUT, SOMETHING POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN
TELLING ME MY DOCUMENT WERE NTO FORMATTED, DID I WANT TO FORMAT?? WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW IS IF I FORMAT, WILL I LOSE MY DOCUMENTS AND HAVE TO START
OVER??APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS...

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The error message was not telling you the document was not formatted. It was
telling you the disk was not formatted. This is a generic (and in this case
bogus) error message but a strong suggestion that the file you were trying
to open has become corrupted (if you did format the disk, you would
certainly lose your data, but it is probably lost already). Saving a Word
document directly to a floppy or other removable drive or opening one
directly from such is one of the surest ways to corrupt the file. Always
save your documents to the hard drive, then copy to the floppy; to open,
copy from the floppy back to the HD and open from there.

For now, copy the document to the HD (if you can), then try to open it. If
you can't, and have Word 2003, use the Open and Repair option (click the
arrow beside Open in the File Open dialog). If that doesn't help, or if that
option is not available, select "Recover Text from Any File" as the file
type in the Open dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

USING WORD; NEED ASSISTANCE; "PLEASE......" USING WORD, NEED
wrote in message
...
I TYPED UP DOCUMENTS FOR WORK USING WORD, WHEN I FINISHED I SAVED THEM TO
MY
FLOPPY, THEN TRIED TO PRINT THEM OUT, SOMETHING POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN
TELLING ME MY DOCUMENT WERE NTO FORMATTED, DID I WANT TO FORMAT?? WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW IS IF I FORMAT, WILL I LOSE MY DOCUMENTS AND HAVE TO START
OVER??APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS...

[aalaan]

And to chuck in my two pennorth. One exclamation mark is all you need on
each occasion.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The error message was not telling you the document was not formatted. It
was
telling you the disk was not formatted. This is a generic (and in this
case
bogus) error message but a strong suggestion that the file you were trying
to open has become corrupted (if you did format the disk, you would
certainly lose your data, but it is probably lost already). Saving a Word
document directly to a floppy or other removable drive or opening one
directly from such is one of the surest ways to corrupt the file. Always
save your documents to the hard drive, then copy to the floppy; to open,
copy from the floppy back to the HD and open from there.

For now, copy the document to the HD (if you can), then try to open it. If
you can't, and have Word 2003, use the Open and Repair option (click the
arrow beside Open in the File Open dialog). If that doesn't help, or if
that
option is not available, select "Recover Text from Any File" as the file
type in the Open dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

USING WORD; NEED ASSISTANCE; "PLEASE......" USING WORD, NEED
wrote in message
...
I TYPED UP DOCUMENTS FOR WORK USING WORD, WHEN I FINISHED I SAVED THEM TO
MY
FLOPPY, THEN TRIED TO PRINT THEM OUT, SOMETHING POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN
TELLING ME MY DOCUMENT WERE NTO FORMATTED, DID I WANT TO FORMAT?? WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW IS IF I FORMAT, WILL I LOSE MY DOCUMENTS AND HAVE TO START
OVER??APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS...