M-word will not save changes - I get 'error' report every time?

[Guest]

I have a large m-word document which I am preparing to convert into pdf. (A
Book). I am trying to make some last-minute changes to the text and
formatting, but as soon as I try to save my changes, I get the 'error'
message, and nothing gets saved...?

What do I do? What's the problem ...the solution? Thanks.

STM

 

[Graham Mayor]

What exactly does the error message say?

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[Guest]

What exactly does the error message say?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Thanks for the response Graham.

I can't retrieve the 'error' box any more, so I can't tell you exactly what
it said, but as I recall, it said something like "Microsoft Word has
encountered a problem and needs to shut down" - and then I get asked to send
an 'error report'.

However, I found a solution (just by chance). The M-word document I was
trying to save was at 200% resolution (because I was working on some images
etc). I 'copied' the whole document and opened it up in a new M-word document
and reduced it to 100%, and was able to save it from there. Then I deleted
the original offending file..

Hope this can help anyone else with the same problem.

Kind regards

STM

 

[Graham Mayor]

If it was just the one document, it was probably corrupt. Copying all but
the last paragraph mark into a new document is the most obvious way to have
corrected the corruption.

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