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Q: Save As problem with Microsoft Word on Yosemite

I purchased my Mac Book computer in 2010 and have Microsoft Word 2008. Ever since I downloaded OS X Yosemite a few days ago, I've been having difficulties with the Save As function on MS Word. Other people have complained about the Save As page flickering, but my problem is different. The Save As page is too large and reaches to the bottom of the screen, meaning that the 'save' button is blocked by the dock. This is quickly remedied by shrinking the dock to its smallest size, which reveals the 'save' and 'cancel' buttons. However, this is becoming rather irritating to do every time I wish to save a file. There's no way to horizontally shrink the Save As page.

Any suggestions?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Nov 9, 2014 1:46 PM

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  • by Eau Rouge,Helpful

    Eau Rouge Eau Rouge Nov 9, 2014 2:09 PM in response to Msokolo
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    Nov 9, 2014 2:09 PM in response to Msokolo

    Hi

     

    When you have the save as page open hold the shift key down and click on one of the sides of the box and drag the side in, the box will shrink proportionally revealing the bottom of the dialogue box.

  • by Msokolo,

    Msokolo Msokolo Nov 12, 2014 7:03 AM in response to Eau Rouge
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    Nov 12, 2014 7:03 AM in response to Eau Rouge

    I tried this, but the dialogue box only shrinks horizontally.

  • by angusbrown,

    angusbrown angusbrown Nov 19, 2014 11:44 PM in response to Msokolo
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    Nov 19, 2014 11:44 PM in response to Msokolo

    I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro and I'm having a similar problem with MS Word 2008. When I work with some files the 'Save as' dialogue box is too big for the screen and I can't click on the cancel/save buttons. I'm having to just 'save' these files which is far from ideal.

  • by angusbrown,

    angusbrown angusbrown Dec 2, 2014 8:27 AM in response to Msokolo
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    Dec 2, 2014 8:27 AM in response to Msokolo

    Hey Msokolo,

     

    I think I've found a work around for this issue. I've been having the same problem but if I go to the 'View' menu in Word and enable 'Full Screen' I can access the save button no problem. Once it's saved I just go back to my usual view. Hope it works for you!

  • by akashnrajpal,

    akashnrajpal akashnrajpal Jul 17, 2015 2:21 AM in response to Msokolo
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    Jul 17, 2015 2:21 AM in response to Msokolo

    Save/open/print dialog box is too big in almost all applications, not just MS OFFICE - OS X Yosemite.

    The shift scale also does not work.

    The problem still persists even in 10.10.4

     

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jul 17, 2015 5:23 AM in response to akashnrajpal
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    Jul 17, 2015 5:23 AM in response to akashnrajpal
  • by markmclauchlin,

    markmclauchlin markmclauchlin Aug 4, 2015 6:07 AM in response to Msokolo
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    Aug 4, 2015 6:07 AM in response to Msokolo

    Hi, Did anyone find a fix for this.

     

    I have both he flickering issue as well as the save as issue you describe. Very inconvenient...

  • by tjb317,Helpful

    tjb317 tjb317 Sep 4, 2015 8:16 AM in response to Msokolo
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    Sep 4, 2015 8:16 AM in response to Msokolo

    I've had the same problem for awhile and this is how I was able to rectify the situation.

     

    At the current moment of frustration, in order to get out of the "Save As" window when the Cancel button is not visible, just hit "esc"

     

    To prevent future frustrations - After hitting "esc,"  Click "View" then "Enter Full Screen" - From here, select "Save As" from the File drop down menu. The Save/Close option should now be within view. Since you're in Full Screen, you can also readjust the pop-up window vertically instead of just horizontally. After doing this, you should now be able to exit Full Screen and still be able to see the Save/Cancel options when choosing the "Save As" command.

     

    Hope it works for you. This did the trick for me

  • by julyanh,

    julyanh julyanh Nov 18, 2015 11:34 PM in response to tjb317
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    Nov 18, 2015 11:34 PM in response to tjb317

    Thank youtjb317 ..this works to fix the size with Word Save as menu. !

  • by Contrabas,

    Contrabas Contrabas Nov 24, 2015 9:07 AM in response to julyanh
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    Nov 24, 2015 9:07 AM in response to julyanh

    this really helped me. Works perfectly

  • by brent?56,

    brent?56 brent?56 Jan 29, 2016 12:27 PM in response to Eau Rouge
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    Jan 29, 2016 12:27 PM in response to Eau Rouge

    Thank you for that excellent advice!  I had a similar problem--didn't know how I caused my "save" and "save as" boxes to grow to full screen.  Your tip allowed me to fix it.

  • by soh444,

    soh444 soh444 Mar 17, 2016 8:53 PM in response to Msokolo
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    Mar 17, 2016 8:53 PM in response to Msokolo

    As we can see this issue has been going on a long time and has been summarily ignored by those who are updating and upgrading all the time.  As a Writer who uses Word ALL the time, this goes beyond frustrating and almost makes me want to go back to a Microsoft system, but I love the Apple systems too much to go back to that **** either.  Some burdens we must bare I guess, at least until Apple (like Horton) hears all the "Who's down in Whoville".  Thanks to all for posting these helpful temporary fixes, now if we can just fix this problem that has been going on for soon long and throughout many different IOS updates.

  • by Linny Jean,

    Linny Jean Linny Jean Apr 2, 2016 3:30 PM in response to Msokolo
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    Apr 2, 2016 3:30 PM in response to Msokolo

    I'm having this same problem.  I tried going to full screen mode (the menu bar with "File" is not visible), but I used a shortcut to save the document and it's still too big for the screen.  Any other solutions, please advise!  This is very frustrating.....

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Apr 2, 2016 3:38 PM in response to Msokolo
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    Apr 2, 2016 3:38 PM in response to Msokolo

    Maybe its time to move up to a newer release of Office 2016 for the Mac which was written to work with current OS X releases, and screen real estate.

     

    For the truncated Word 2008 Save As panel, try clicking tab, and then press return. That may advance the button selection where you can complete the Save.

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