Save As screen stuck to Word document in Word for Mac. Using El Capitan

My Save As screen is stuck to a Word document and the screen is too big to see the Save button at the bottom. I have El Capitan. As others have said, this is when the problem started. However, nobody has suggested a fix that works. I can't access my Word document and can't get the Save As screen to close. It's all just stuck.

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 5:47 PM

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4 replies

Ruskes

Level 4

1,421 points

Jan 23, 2019 10:21 PM in response to mmlsml

You can Force Quit it

Press Option+Command+Esc

VikingOSX

Level 10

124,220 points

Jan 24, 2019 2:16 AM in response to mmlsml

Tab key and then press return until that Save As… closes.

Eric Root

Level 10

685,311 points

Jan 24, 2019 9:48 AM in response to mmlsml

The esc key works for me in most cases like this.

Jan 23, 2019 10:17 PM in response to mmlsml

Try Doing Command Q to close or command, shift and esc to force Quit Don’t Know If This Will Work Or Not....

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Save As screen stuck to Word document in Word for Mac. Using El Capitan