how do i formatt a floppy disk?

[Guest]

im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried
changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what
do i do?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You don't format a floppy disk from within Word. Ever.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist! (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries, schools) this is a
tough prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new
formatted disk each time you save and don't do any editing.
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[Graham Mayor]

While echoing all Charles has said about the wisdom of using floppy discs
with Word, to format a new disc select it in My Computer, right click and
format. Make sure you select the correct drive number (usually A You don't
want to format your hard drive by mistake!

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think it's unlikely that the disk actually needs to be formatted, as I
think they all come preformatted nowadays. If Caroline is getting the
typical message that says that the disk needs to be formatted, that's just
Word's usual balk at saving to a floppy.

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[Graham Mayor]

You are probably right, but nevertheless most floppies in my part of the
worlds are supplied unformatted.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Do they still sell them?

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[Graham Mayor]

They do here, though CDR and DVD+/-R make better sense.

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