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

I'm sure they won't (probably can't) fix it for floppies. Fixing for CDs
would also be difficult; I think the problem arises because writing to a CD
is substantially slower than writing to a hard drive. Another possible
problem is that files written to CDs do not really delete, even with CD-RW;
the only way to really get rid of them is to reformat the disk. I've been
told that it is a problem even with flash drives; not sure why, but limited
size comes to mind.
--
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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> That's good to know. Strange, but good to know. I wonder if it is
> something
> Microsoft could possibly fix in the future.
>
> --
> Have a nice day!
>
> ~Paul
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> "Charles Kenyon" wrote:
>
>> 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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>> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
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>> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>>
>> "Paul (ESI)" <PaulESI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:EC6C3833-2C8B-4914-B4A3-442DB4758F6C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > 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
>> > Express Scripts,
>> > Charting the future of pharmacy
>> >
>> > ~~~~~~
>> > | |
>> > |c--OD
>> > | _)
>> > | |
>> > |-. |
>> > / `-# /A
>> > / /_|..`#.J/
>> > ||LJ `m''
>> > ptaylor
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "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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