suddenly it tells me the it is not possible to save the document

[Samuel Han]

When i use Word for Mac Os X, i did not have any problems....
but now i see this message that tells me that it is not possible to
save the document i've been working on...
and i cannot save it, i just have to copy all then paste it in a new
document...
and it tells me that it is due to wether:
* the lack of memory (which is not true because i have 1GB RAM), or
* the disk is full (not true cuz i have 31GB free) or
* the permission problem...
so if anyone could tell me what the cause is... i will apreciate it a
lot!
thanks...

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

When i use Word for Mac Os X, i did not have any problems....
but now i see this message that tells me that it is not possible to
save the document i've been working on...
and i cannot save it, i just have to copy all then paste it in a new
document...
and it tells me that it is due to wether:
* the lack of memory (which is not true because i have 1GB RAM), or
* the disk is full (not true cuz i have 31GB free) or
* the permission problem...
so if anyone could tell me what the cause is... i will apreciate it a
lot!
thanks...

It's most likely a permissions problem, though the nature of it
depends on where you're trying to save the file.

When XL saves an existing file, it first creates a temporary file in
the same directory as the existing file. If that is successful, it
moves the existing file to the trash. Finally, if that is
successful, it renames the temporary file to the original file name.

If you don't have permission to write to that directory, or if you
don't have permission to move the existing file to the trash, you'll
get the "can't save" error.

Try repairing permissions:

OS 10.2.x/3.x: Run the Disk Utility (in the ./Applications/Utilities
folder). From the First Aid tab, click "Repair Disk Permissions".

OS 10.1.5: Run Repair Privileges (same folder, or download from
Apple:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106900