If you are trying this from the File menu within Word, SORRY. The Window
you see is a Mac OS Finder Window, and it does not permit file operations
such as Delete and Rename.
The Apple Finder does not allow these operations when it is opened as a
child of another application, which is what is happening in Word.
The Windows explorer does allow this, and Word thus expects it to work. It
looks like it should work. But on the Mac, it doesn't.
First close the document, then find it in the Mac finder if you want to
delete it.
Note: If you have been copying or pasting to or from the document, you may
have to Quit Word before you will be able to delete it. Word and the
Clipboard leave locks on files after you close them in case you want to
paste their content anywhere else. The locks are released when you close
the original application.
Cheers
bought a new macbook. installed word. everything went fine until i
tried to delete a file. was unable to click and drag it into the
trash. this is something so basic i feel it must be something very
simple that i have disabled, but for the life of me i cannot figure out
what to do. any ideas out there?
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