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I can't save Word documents on my Mac

on my macbook when trying to save a word document I get

word could not create the work file. check the temp environment variable.

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MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 5, 2022 2:10 PM

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Posted on Aug 5, 2022 2:54 PM

The following from the Microsoft support forum has something to try: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/word-could-not-create-the-work-file-check-the-temp/401ca6ee-8ab2-46f3-995a-05ade1cfe13f

There may be other discussions in that forum as well. Check in the Word for Mac forum: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-msoffice_OfH-mso_OPMac?sort=LastReplyDate&dir=Desc&tab=All&status=all&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=all&isFilterExpanded=false&page=1

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Aug 5, 2022 2:54 PM in response to harvst

The following from the Microsoft support forum has something to try: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/word-could-not-create-the-work-file-check-the-temp/401ca6ee-8ab2-46f3-995a-05ade1cfe13f

There may be other discussions in that forum as well. Check in the Word for Mac forum: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-msoffice_OfH-mso_OPMac?sort=LastReplyDate&dir=Desc&tab=All&status=all&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=all&isFilterExpanded=false&page=1

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