Word save saying disk is full 3

[LesNicholls]

When saving a word file it says the disk is full even though there is loads of space left. It looks like it saves byt in fact hasnt... Any ideas anyone?

 

[mscallisto]

have you removed all your temporary files that may exist?

 

[dcompto]

It is a nuisance, but the following always works for me...

Ctrl+A (Select All)
Ctrl+C (Copy to Clipboard)
Close Word, being sure to answer YES when it prompts:

"You placed a large amount of text on the Clipboard. Do you want this text to be available to other applications after you quit Word?"

Reopen Word
Ctrl+V (Paste from Clipboard)
Save (can use original name and overwrite, or give a new name)

 

[fumei]

Just out of curiousity, see if this may work. It creates a new instance of Word and copies the current document, saving it as "copy"original filename. It does recreate the current document, but as I have never had the problem with that error message, I am not sure a new instance of Word will do the job.

Have you tried deleting normal.dot?

Sub RecreateDoc()
Dim strDocFullName As String
Dim wrd As Application
' get filename add "Copy" to it
' then copy entire document
  strDocFullName = ActiveDocument.Path & _
       Application.PathSeparator & "copy" & _
       ActiveDocument.Name
  Selection.WholeStory
  Selection.Copy
  
' make new instance of Word and create new doc
    Set wrd = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
    wrd.Documents.Add
    
' paste, save, and then close new doc
      Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault)
      ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strDocFullName
      ActiveDocument.Close
      
' release wrd object
    Set wrd = Nothing
End Sub

Gerry

 

[LesNicholls]

Thanks all .. But any idea what causes it?

 

[fumei]

I suspect there is something corrupted in normal.dot. It is surprising how easy it is for normal.dot to get corrupted.

A good practice it is betetr to make macro procedures, even customize styles in a global template ans use that for daily work. that way, if need you need to delete normal.dot...and it DOES happen, you can delete it with little consequences to work you have done.

So, cause???? who the heck knows, but deleteing normal.dot may remove the problem.


Gerry

 

[Phil0206]

This can occur if you have word open for a long period witha regular autosave. when autosaving, word creates a .tmp file in c:/temp to save the current document info for recovery purposes. If a large number of these have been created (348) then you will not be able to save the document as the max number of open files at any one time is 348. Avoid the problem by regularly saving the document rather than relying on autosave.

 

[mzcruse]

This message can also occur if for some reason access to the drive or mapped drive is limited or no longer existing since the document was opened.

 

[bjzielinski]

You may also want to check Anti-virus settings. Try disabling your anti-virus program before you save. Our anti-virus program (InoculateIT) created all kinds of problems initially with Word. Updating the antivirus program fixed most of those issues.

Bill Zielinski
bzielinski@co.midland.mi.us
County of Midland, Michigan