How do I save to CD?

[Guest]

I'm sorry, I'm very new to Microsfort Word 2007, and am freaking out at how
different it is from older versions of word. Also, it's been a year since I
even used word at all, so my skills are rusty. I'm working on a novel, and
have almost 90 pages that I really want to save to CD before or if they
accidently get lost. I'm saving it in that first option they give you for
where to save documents, but I also have 2 other saved things. The document I
want to save is listed as number 3. Do I just click control and save once I
open the file and insert a CD? Somebody please help me, email me at
(e-mail address removed) I really want to know my document is safe and saved on
CD! How do I do this?!!
~Bridgette

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You cannot save directly from Word to a CD (even if you could, you
shouldn't). Instead, save to the HD (as you are doing), then use the CD
mastering software that came with your CD burner to copy the files to a CD.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

If you want to save a step, buy a USB flash drive, you can get a 1G for less
than $20. Then click "save as" and change the drive to the memory stick.

 

[Steve Hayes]

I'm sorry, I'm very new to Microsfort Word 2007, and am freaking out at how
different it is from older versions of word. Also, it's been a year since I
even used word at all, so my skills are rusty. I'm working on a novel, and
have almost 90 pages that I really want to save to CD before or if they
accidently get lost. I'm saving it in that first option they give you for
where to save documents, but I also have 2 other saved things. The document I
want to save is listed as number 3. Do I just click control and save once I
open the file and insert a CD? Somebody please help me, email me at
(e-mail address removed) I really want to know my document is safe and saved on
CD! How do I do this?!!
~Bridgette

You need to have a formatted CD with DLA (Drive Letter Access). Unfortunately
a lot of CD software (incuding Nero, which comes with many CD drives) will not
allow you to format WORM CDs, but only rewriteable ones.

But bear in mind that if you use Save As (which you have to, to save on a
different drive), you should close the document and reopen it in the original
place. So the best time to save to CD is when you are stopping work - save
your final version, and then Save As to CD. You should only work on the
version on yout hard disk, and only revert to the CD copy of something goes
wrong.

Another way to do it is to wait until you've finished working and then copy
your work file to CD from outside Word.

But if your CD driver is Nero it might not let you do this.

 

[Guest]

Never Save As to a memory stick or any other external device. This is a sure
fire way of corrupting a document. As Suzanne stated, save to your hard drive
then copy to the Cd or Fash. Also never open a document from the device, copy
to hard drive first.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Saving files to CD is a recipe for file corruption and data loss. The DLA
formatting applications are notoriously flaky and best avoided. The only
safe method is to work from the hard drive and *copy* to CD, using the CD
mastering software provided for use with the writer or a preferred
alternative.

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