Re: problem saving with Microsoft Word in Office 2004 on G5 with 10.3.7 OSX

From: Daiya Mitchell (daiyaNOSPAM_at_mvps.org.INVALID)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:35:42 -0800

I can't answer your questions either, but some info: Word uses temporary
files to save the Undo list and probably do other stuff I don't understand,
so that while you have a Word doc open and are working on it, these
temporary Word Work files are constantly being generated. They are
automatically deleted when you close the doc (usually, anyhow).

Did you try repairing permissions?

Word Work files are saved in the same location as the document by default
and I don't believe that can be changed--I wonder whether Word could be
having space or permission issues accessing that folder, and Word can't
operate properly without the ability to create and save these temporary
files. Although that doesn't quite go along with the
>There is a serious disk error on file "Word Work File D_47857804"
Message.

We haven't seen any reports of this, so I do suspect it is something about
your setup, but I really don't know enough about Word or OS X to be sure.
But since your setup sounds quite complicated, and the program works on your
Powerbook....

Test it on the G5 complex setup, but in a different user account?

> 2. if I search the hard disk for the Word Work File that is nominated
> as being subject to the serious disk error, I can't find the file
If the doc is still open, I *think* you should be able to find this
file...but conceivably it could be invisible? Did you try searching for
invisible files too? Though I don't know what good finding the file would
do.

This is a completely different problem, but it does discuss a little more
about temporary files and their interaction with the OS:
http://blogs.msdn.com/rick_schaut/archive/2004/05/19/135315.aspx 

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Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
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