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MS Office Forum / Word / Word Errors / May 2008Word 2003 Does Not Allow Saving A Document
I recently had to do a clean uninstall of Office 2003 due to an error message I was receiving in Access 2003 and then reinstalled at a Microsoft Technicians request to help resolve the problem. However, after reinstalling, I am unable to save any of the Word documents that I have created during the past few days. Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? Did you activate the product? ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com >I recently had to do a clean uninstall of Office 2003 due to an error >message [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? Yes, it's been activated. > Did you activate the product? > ************ [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? What happens when you try to save? If you get an error message, please quote the message exactly. > I recently had to do a clean uninstall of Office 2003 due to an error message > I was receiving in Access 2003 and then reinstalled at a Microsoft [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? absolutely nothing happens, no error message, it doesn't freeze, absolutley nothing. It just stays in my document. > What happens when you try to save? If you get an error message, > please quote the message exactly. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > > Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? At the bottom left corner of the Word window, does it say "Modification not allowed because the document is locked for editing"? If yes, then click on Help | Activate Product, and follow the instructions on the screen. > absolutely nothing happens, no error message, it doesn't freeze, absolutley > nothing. It just stays in my document. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>> >>>Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? As I said earlier, it was activated when I reinstalled it. And no, it doesn't say "document locked". But thanks for that tidbit. It could have been helpful if I had that note at the bottom of the screen. > absolutely nothing happens, no error message, it doesn't freeze, absolutley > nothing. It just stays in my document. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > > > Anyone else have this issue and if so, how did you resolve it? Linda: I'm having the same exact problem. Mine started when I was working on a document on my work server from home thru a broadband (Comcast) connection. Somewhere along the way, the connection was disabled while I was modifying the document. I checked the Knowledge Base and the only thing I could find referenced permissions and FAT vs. NTFS structures . . . . Great! :-( D.J., can't say that I've had that problem although I do have a comcast connection as well. This is a very perplexing problem. I think I'll have to bite the bullet and rebuild this system. It's about due, it's just a hassle to do that. If anyone has any better suggestions, D.J. and I are ALL ears > Linda: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the document. I checked the Knowledge Base and the only thing I could find > referenced permissions and FAT vs. NTFS structures . . . . Great! :-( Hey! Before you do that, try replacing your "normal.dot" template with either a saved one, or one off of an install disk. I uninstalled Word, reinstalled it, repaired it, etc. and nothing worked . . . . until I copied an old "normal.dot" that I had on another computer to the "C:\Documents and Settings\'your name'\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates" folder. And then "viola"! I could save again! > D.J., can't say that I've had that problem although I do have a comcast > connection as well. This is a very perplexing problem. I think I'll have to > bite the bullet and rebuild this system. It's about due, it's just a hassle > to do that. THANKS! I'll give that a try and let you know how it worked. > Hey! Before you do that, try replacing your "normal.dot" template with > either a saved one, or one off of an install disk. I uninstalled Word, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > bite the bullet and rebuild this system. It's about due, it's just a hassle > > to do that. I am having the same problem and when I save the program locks up and I have to end task to get out of it...has anyone come up with a solution that works? thanks > THANKS! I'll give that a try and let you know how it worked. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > bite the bullet and rebuild this system. It's about due, it's just a hassle > > > to do that. Bill, I finally gave it up and backed up all of my data and reformatted the hard drive and started over. No problems now. Who knows what caused it. But nothing else seemed to work. Good Luck! Linda > I am having the same problem and when I save the program locks up and I have > to end task to get out of it...has anyone come up with a solution that works? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > bite the bullet and rebuild this system. It's about due, it's just a hassle > > > > to do that. Bill, I too am having this problem and teh MS Knowledgebase does not have an answer, so if you get an answer or if someone can post it here I would appreciate it. Michael Michael, I have no idea what was going on, that I couldn't save documents, but as of 5 days ago I can save documents again and have no idea why it is now working??? Bill Gates must have waved his magic wand... if I figure out why this has corrected its self I will let you know... Good Luck and happy Holidays!!!Bill > Bill, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Michael Thanks Bill, I will continue to look as well, and maybe just maybe someone will know the secret. have a Great Christmas, Michael > Michael, > I have no idea what was going on, that I couldn't save documents, but as of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Michael I am having a similar problem. After months of Word 2003 working fine on Vista Ultimate, starting yesterday I cannot save any document. I can create a new document, I can open an existing document but cannot save any of them in any manner.  SignatureDonald > Thanks Bill, I will continue to look as well, and maybe just maybe someone > will know the secret. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > > > Michael Sounds like you have installed something that has placed an incompatible add-in into Word (or Office). Have you installed anything new lately such as a scanner, OCR or Acrobat that would install macros in Word? What happens if you start Word in Safe Mode? Does it let you open and save a document then? From Start Run (Winkey+R) type in winword /a and press enter. Test opening and saving now. SignatureTerry Farrell - MS Word MVP >I am having a similar problem. After months of Word 2003 working fine on > Vista Ultimate, starting yesterday I cannot save any document. I can [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> > > >> > > Michael I just had this exact problem today, and I also could no longer launch a new document from my Word quicklaunch icon. I used Terry's suggestion of running Winword from Run (the /a did not work on mine), and that new Word document WOULD save to a file. I then copied everything out of the document that would NOT save into the new document that WOULD save, and it worked fine. No idea why or what happened, but it hasn't recurred. > Sounds like you have installed something that has placed an incompatible > add-in into Word (or Office). Have you installed anything new lately such as [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >> > > > >> > > Michael |
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