Re: trying to acess a word document

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:28:58 -0500

Save them to the HD to begin with. If you want backups, copy the files to
removable media. If you ever need to restore the copied files, copy them
back to the HD before trying to open them in Word. 

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71cb01c483fa$715e3ac0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks,
>
> What is the best device to save documents that you may
> want to change at some point?
>
> Also Doug you mentioned "you should never open a document
> from a floppy, you should always copy it to the hardrive
> first", how do I do that (probably pretty simple,
> but....)?
>
> Thanks again,
> Luis
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If you can see the file in Windows Explorer, you should
> be able to drag it
> >from the floppy drive to the HD. If not, then your
> repeated attempts to open
> >it in Word have irreversibly corrupted it.
> >
> >-- 
> >Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >Words into Type
> >Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
> to the newsgroup so
> >all may benefit.
> >
> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:64c701c48323$13f53eb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Thanks Doug,
> >> I was going to do that but now the computer asks me to
> >> format the disk because it is not formated, when I say
> >> know (again, as said before, to prevent data from being
> >> deleted), it jus goes back to "my computer" page!
> >> do I have any options
> >> Thanks again.
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >hello,
> >> >I am trying to access a word document on a floppy
> disk,
> >> >but my computer won't let me acess the file!
> >> >At first I would see a list of documents on the disk,
> I
> >> >would try to open it and acess would be denied. Then
> it
> >> >started telling me that the disk is not formated and
> if
> >> I
> >> >wanted to format it, I said now because that would
> erase
> >> >the informtion I had!
> >> >I tried again and a window opended saying that i did
> not
> >> >have access to this file, and to see my administrator!
> >> >
> >> >any help would be great,
> >> >thank you
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >.
> >

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