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Lio 04 May 2008
I keep getting a message up that says ' Word cannot complete the save due to a file permssion error'

This is a document that I have been working on and saving regularly over a period of time.
What can I do so that I don't lose the most recent changes?
thanks
Lio
 Mick r 04 May 2008
In reply to Lio:

try doing a save as
 Dominion 04 May 2008
In reply to Lio:

Do a Save_As, and give it a new name. It's possible that you might have somehow managed to open the document twice.

You could also do a Ctrl-A (Select All) and copy and paste the contents into another file.
 DaveWarren 04 May 2008
In reply to Lio:

Get a mac
 Alex Roddie 04 May 2008
In reply to DaveWarren:
To be fair, the scenario Dominion mentions above could also occur on a Mac (or something very close to it). Opening two copies of a document in different applications, then editing one of them, will result in an error message in the other application if you do this on a Mac.

To the OP: 'Save as' is your best option, if you simply copy and paste into a new document you will lose information such as custom page setup and header/footer, if you have used these features.
 Dominion 04 May 2008
In reply to Alex Roddie:

> To the OP: 'Save as' is your best option, if you simply copy and paste into a new document you will lose information such as custom page setup and header/footer, if you have used these features.

Yeah, that's true, but it'll keep all the altered words, which is sometime the main thing. Losses depend on how complicated the document was in the first place, but document formatting is relatively simple compared to having to re-type hundreds or thousands of words, that you've sweated over to get right!

 DaveWarren 04 May 2008
In reply to Alex Roddie:

Yeah my post wasn't really helpful. I've had lots of problems with microsoft word on PCs. I have a mac now and MS word for mac still has difficulties but I find Pages much easier to use, and compatible with word too. Much happier with the mac
 Pauline 04 May 2008
In reply to Lio: copy and paste the doc into a new word doc and save it with a new name!
 mrjonathanr 04 May 2008
In reply to Lio:
Highlight all text/images, copy, paste into new word dcoc. and use save as.
 Pauline 04 May 2008
In reply to mrjonathanr: haha snap
Lio 04 May 2008
In reply to mrjonathanr:
Thanks to everyone, I've done a 'save as'.
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