Re: How do I format a floppy disc for word?

Hi Paul,

We -- CyberTaz, all the MVPs, and anyone who's worked with Word for a
while -- really mean

DO NOT SAVE DIRECTLY FROM WORD TO A FLOPPY
DO NOT OPEN IN WORD DIRECTLY FROM A FLOPPY

The reason is that Word creates lots of temporary files
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632), and many of them *must* be in
the same folder as the original document. If the original is on a floppy,
the temp files are there, too.

If there isn't enough room on the disk for everything, Word corrupts the
document. If you forget that there's a document (and all its temp files)
open and you remove the floppy from the drive, Word corrupts the document.
If you sneeze during the wrong phase of the moon, Word corrupts the
document. Besides that, it's slow as molasses...

Some of these problems occur on any removable media, including Zip drives,
CD-RWs, and even USB memory sticks. Better not to tempt fate -- work on the
hard drive only.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Paul (ESI) wrote:
> "CyberTaz" wrote:
>
>> First of all, DoNot attempt to save directly to a floppy or open a
>> file on a floppy through Word. Always save/copy to your hard disk
>> _first_, work with that file then copy it back to a floppy when
>> finished. The disk may be formatted, but the error may have come up
>> if you were trying to save directly to it.
>
> I'm just curious, myself. Why is this? Now, personally, I would never
> save directly to a floppy first because I do not trust them. I always
> save to my computer first just so I know I have a copy. Floppy disks
> can be tempremental. Is this why you suggest this to MopMan, or are
> you saying that you really should not even ever save to a floppy disk
> from Word? If the latter, that sounds kind of strange to me. Why is
> that? Why would you not be able to save anything to any drive you
> want? I am just curious. I don't even use floppy disks anymore.


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