saving to a floppy in Word 2002

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I'm working in Word 2002, in a template provided by my
employer. If I save to a floppy disc, using an alternate
file name, such as Draft, I get a message that Word is
saving 95%. Any ideas why or what this means?

Thanks
 
First off - NEVER save directly to a floppy disk! You are just asking for
troubles. Always save to your hard drive then copy the file to the floppy
using Windows Explorer. Next, open Word, click "Tools", "Options", click
the "save" TAB and make sure that the "Default format - Save Word files
as..." dropdown says "Word document (*.doc)". If not, change it.
 
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.


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Charles Kenyon said:
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)
Click to expand...

Do you know if the same problems happen if you access Word documents
directly from a portable flash drive?
 
It depends on the size of the flash drive and the size of the documents. The
potential is there, as Word documents can be large. The problem is with the
unknown sizes of the temp files Word creates in the working folder, the
absence of which will irrevocably corrupt the document. It is always better
to save to the hard drive then copy to removable media.

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