I can't save a word to floppy

[Joseph F. Barger]

I having a problem save word document to directly to a floppy.
I start to save the document and creates the W~!@[email protected] file
and the drive lights up. But it never saves the file and I have to reboot
the PC.
When I reboot I look at the floppy and I still see the w~!@~!@[email protected] file
there and I can recover it.

 

[Doug Robbins]

Always save first to the Hard Disk and then copy to the floppy.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Anne Troy]

Please see:
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/working_with_floppy_disks_in_microsoft_office.htm
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[Doug Robbins]

You forgot Rule 2

Rule 2 - See Rule 1.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Charles Kenyon]

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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.
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[Anne Troy]

Sorry, Sir. I fixed it. <g>
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