I am wondering whether the template you used to create the file is clean. check out its filesize, it should be tiny. If it has VBA, use the Office VBA Cleaner from Payne Consulting. Maggie the content and recheck filesize. My Word Spellbook goes into more detail if necc. Steve Hudson Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia Tricky stuff with Word or words for you. Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Products: http://www.geocities.com/word_heretic/products.html Spellbooks: 728 pages of dump left and dropping... -----Original Message----- From: Deborah Cross Hi All, Thanks for all your suggestions. I really appreciate the fast response = and range of answers, especially considering it was Friday afternoon. = The only solution that worked was to copy into a new file and reformat = where necessary. Luckily there wasn't too much of that since I have = used styles and templates. Our network has a virus checker that runs every two hours or so, but I = will ask them about the possibility of a virus anyway. For those of you who like to persevere with a problem, here are some = more clues! :) * The Save and Save As options where not greyed out, but when I selected = them nothing happened. * The file name was short and only included alphanumeric characters = already. * The file had been saved numerous times previously and autosave and = fast save had been turned off as my preference is to save properly every = five minutes or so. * File had only been open for an hour or so when it stopped working. * Couldn't Save As RTF because Save As function not working. Ws easier = to cut and paste into new Word doc. * Nothing obvious in the Macros for File or Template. Only have a = couple of macros and have been using these successfully all over the = place. Deborah Cross Australian National University ANU CRICOS #00120C Email deborah.cross@xxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************