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

To a lesser extent, the problems with working in Word with floppies apply to
all removable media, especially CDs.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Paul (ESI)" <PaulESI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Wow! Thanks, folks. That's good to know. I would never have thought Word
> would have so many problems with something that seems so common. I've
> always
> saved to the hard drive first (just so I have a copy I know I can trust),
> but
> I'd often then save directly from word to a floppy, zip drive, or more
> recently my USB flash drive. I won't do that anymore. I'll copy.
>
> Good point, CyberTaz. Of course, sometimes there is just nowhere to go,
> and
> media becomes obsolete. Look at VHS. That technology stayed pretty much
> exactly the same for a long time, and is now virtually completely replaced
> by
> DVD. Look at casette tapes. They stayed pretty much exactly the same for a
> long time, and have now been virtually completely replaced by CDs. Believe
> it
> or not, they still make casette tapes, though. LOL.
>
> The same thing is kinda happening to floppy disks. Zip drives, CD-RW, USB
> Flash drives, floppy disks are just becoming a thing of the past. Heck,
> computers don't even always come with floppy drives as a standard anymore.
> Remember back when that would be unheard of?
>
> --
> Have a nice day!
>
> ~Paul
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> "CyberTaz" wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I must have dozed off for an hour... But floppies still haven't
>> changed.
>>
>> Regards |:>)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/16/05 6:06 PM, in article u0R3C7qoFHA.3828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> "Doug
>> Robbins" <dkr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I believe that processor speeds are nudging 4 gHz. They're at least at
>> > 3.80
>> >
>> > RAM capacity is up to 8GB
>>
>>


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