Document not Saved error

[dlw]

Occasionally, a user will get the error message, Document
not Saved, when trying to save a spreadsheet. Save as,
saving to a different drive results in the same message.
To recover, you can Copy the whole sheet, exit then go
back into Excel, then past, then save it. We use Excel
97. Does anyone know why this is happening?

 

[Dave Peterson]

When you save a file, excel will save it as a temporary file (8 characters, no
extension). Then if that save is successful, excel will delete the original and
rename this funny named file to the original's name.

You see the results when something interferes with this process.

A couple of things that get pointed at are antivirus software and network
problems (hardware or permissions).

You may want to disable the AV and see if that helps. Or try saving to the
local harddrive--or both.