Word work file

[meohmytopia]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel

I recently installed the latest Office 2004 update 11.4.1. The first time I tried to start Word and load a recent, small document I received the following error message:

"Word could not create the work file. Check the amount of disk space on your startup disk."

I clicked Ok to continue.

Then the following error mssg displayed:

"You are working without a Word work file and memory is nearly full. Save your work."

There is approx 45 gb of available disk space on my computer and 2gb ram - no other applications were running at the time and

 

[CyberTaz]

That message is a bit misleading - In this case it means Word doesn't have
write capability to create the temporary files, which is most likely a
permissions issue. Try running Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions, then
restart your Mac & see if the problem persist.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[meohmytopia]

Thanks, Bob - that solved the problem.

 

[CyberTaz]

Great - and thanks for the confirmation!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[j5scott1]

Hi bob, you seem to know a lot about Word and I'm have the same working
without a word file problem. I tried repairing the disk permissions and
restarting and that still didn't work. Any other thoughts? Jamie

Great - and thanks for the confirmation!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 3/17/08 1:04 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)9absDaxw,

Thanks, Bob - that solved the problem.

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[j5scott1]

Hi bob, you seem to know a lot about Word and I'm have the same working
without a word file problem. I tried repairing the disk permissions and
restarting and that still didn't work. Any other thoughts? Jamie

Great - and thanks for the confirmation!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 3/17/08 1:04 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)9absDaxw,

Thanks, Bob - that solved the problem.

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[CyberTaz]

If that solution didn't work for your situation it must be a *different*
situation so post it as a NEW message rather than hijacking a dead
thread.

In order to get anywhere we'll need to know : Specific Word version, OS X
version, & type of Mac.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi bob, you seem to know a lot about Word and I'm have the same working
without a word file problem. I tried repairing the disk permissions and
restarting and that still didn't work. Any other thoughts? Jamie

Great - and thanks for the confirmation!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 3/17/08 1:04 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)9absDaxw,

Thanks, Bob - that solved the problem.

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- no
> other applications were running at the time and