Word stops allowing me to save

[Jodi]

Hi everyone!

I spend A LOT of time in MS Word and save my documents often...after a
few hours, I'll get a message stating I can no longer save as "too
many documents are open" when I only have 1-2 windows open...I have to
quit out of the entire program and reboot Word before I can proceed
with my work...

Is this common w/ MS Word X? How can I fix it? I've already turned off
AutoSave, which seems to help elongate the time until I get that fated
message.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi Jodi,

It's the Disk Full Error. Word creates a temporary file in order to let
users Undo multiple actions, and when too many temp files build up, it wigs
out. It's a bug. You can prevent it by closing and reopening your doc
every so often--closing wipes out the temp files. Or a more sophisticated
solution, that will let you save your work when the error occurs, can be
found here.

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/DiskFullError.htm
(won't work in Safari)

DM

The supposed "autoSave" function is called and acts as an AutoRecover, and
only kicks in in time of crashes. For more info, see here:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm
Written for WinWord, but the same principles apply. I'd say it's worth have
AutoRecover on.

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/DiskFullError.htm
(won't work in Safari)

WILL work in Safari if you reload the page once or twice...

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