Saving &Temp Files

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Jeff J

I have a large Word Doc that I finished then saved to My
Documents and then to a floppy disc. Later I went back to
edit for the final draft from the My Documents' file.
Everytime I make a change and hit the Save Icon, a temp
file is created in My Documents presumably to go to a
floppy. I don't want it this way. I wish to Save to My
Documents. I've tried Save As to the My Documents'
original file name but I'm still getting a new temp file
everytime I save a change. How can I go back to just one
temp file in My Documents before I saved to floppy and
prevent this from happening again with another Word Doc.
Thanks, Jeff J.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

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.

You may be able to get Word to likewise ignore your floppy drive by removing
the disk and saving your document on your hard drive. Then close Word, shut
down your computer, and restart. Hope this helps. Glad you didn't lose what
you were working on.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

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

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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