Re: Find Info>File Size Discrepancies

You've left Fast Saves turned on. Turn it off...

Look in the help under "fast saves"

And don't save from Word to a floppy. Not EVER. They're not big enough,
and they're not reliable enough...

Close the document and transfer it using Finder. If you save, you need
twice the size of the document on the floppy, because Word writes the new
version before deleting the old one. If it fails because the disk runs out
of room, chances are you will lose both versions.

Cheers

On 19/8/05 9:39 AM, in article BF2A6A31.7C7A%raf44ael98@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Montserrat" <raf44ael98@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This problem may have come up before on the newsgroup, but I still don't
> understand it.
>
> I've been working with a 975k file and able to back up onto a 1.2mb floppy.
> I am presently forced to use these teeny-weeny disks. I've been working on
> the document in the HD and backing up onto floppy, since the file on both
> has been the same size. The only thing that I've done since the last backup
> is change around a few words in the header, and moved a couple of chapter
> beginnings down three inches. Nothing.
>
> Just now I went to back up HD doc to floppy and it wouldn't saying not
> enough room. In the get info for the HD document I get 2.2MB. I made a
> select copy paste into a new word document and get info says 1.2 MB. The
> bytes amounts in get infos are proportional to the differences in MB.
>
> I don't get it.
>
> Thanks
>

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John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

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