How do I save data to a cd-rw and then be able to rewite on it?

[Guest]

Same as the subject. No one I know seems to be able to answer this question which should be easier to find an answer to.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The answer is:

From Word, you don't. ... at least not if you want to be able to use your
documents.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in 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) 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.

Word 2003 may be a bit better at this but I really don't care to develop
habits that can bite me in the posterior.
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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Same as the subject. No one I know seems to be able to answer this

question which should be easier to find an answer to.

 

[Jezebel]

Try your CD burning software help file. This has nothing to do with Word.
Never try to save Word documents directly to a CD or floppy.

Same as the subject. No one I know seems to be able to answer this

question which should be easier to find an answer to.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Same as the subject. No one I know seems to be able to answer this
question which should be easier to find an answer to.

The ability to rewrite a disc is determined by the software available.
Windows has no inherent function to permit this. You would need a product
like Direct CD - but I would echo the caution of my fellow contributors to
this thread. Save to the hard drive and then copy to CD.

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