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Can't Save Word Document

When I try to save I get the message, "'Word cannot save or create this file. The disk may be full or write-protected.Try one of the following:

*free more memory

*make sure that the disk you want to save the file on is not full, write-protected or damaged.'"

I also get the message, "Word is unable to save the AutoRecover file in the location you have specified. Make sure that you have specified a valid location for Autorecover files in Preferences, and that you have permission to write files to the location that you specified." I haven't changed anything in preferences etc. and it was working before.


iMac running Mojave

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Aug 29, 2019 12:54 PM

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Posted on Aug 29, 2019 1:51 PM

There is a ton of space on my hard drive. I should have pointed that out in the request. At any rate I called Apple Support and they had me cut and paste into Google Docs and then reboot my computer and then cut & paste it back into Word. I had to fix the formatting, but the content was saved. Clever fix.

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Aug 29, 2019 1:51 PM in response to VikingOSX

There is a ton of space on my hard drive. I should have pointed that out in the request. At any rate I called Apple Support and they had me cut and paste into Google Docs and then reboot my computer and then cut & paste it back into Word. I had to fix the formatting, but the content was saved. Clever fix.

Can't Save Word Document

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