>The file wasn't too big, still hovering about 11G. Are you saying you created an 11gig Word file and you were wondering why it became corrupt????? ROFLMAO!!!! Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP & Instructor Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:35 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: WORD 2000 FILE LIMITS Dian- You are right of course, but there is another possible cause as to why this person is getting that error. (IF it hadn't happened to me, I would not have known it.) I was working on my book, a HUGE book, that I have broken into four volumes and about 400/volume. Proofreading it, I found an error: Therefore, to Alleghenies West go, the families waited to hear word of Lewis and Clark. I wanted to say: In order to go West of the Alleghenies, the families waited to hear word of Lewis and Clark. Word would NOT allow me to change it. It said disk full, save to another disk. (Disk full? I have a nearly 600G hard drive Raid system. No way.) But In tried anyway. I tried to save it to tape, tried to save to another computer no the network, no go. Frustrated, I checked the attributes to make sure they were what I wanted. They were. Then I checked to make sure I had all the SR patches, checked to make sure I did not have a virus, checked the size against my backup, etc. Everything I knew to check, anyway. The file wasn't too big, still hovering about 11G. (There are thousands of photos, hundreds of jpgs, etc. in the book. I did NOT want to lose it.) Next, I paged my technician. He came the next day, and undid my changes. He put the first sentence back in. It saved. Then he saved it on a portable hard drive he brought and connected to USB. Next, he deleted all copies of this from my computer and backup tapes. Then he reopened it, and saved it where I wanted it. He said the problem was caused by having a corrupted copy of that document, and that was how Word tells the user "there is a problem with this document. Take careful measures to save." I found it a little incredulous it worked that way, but I can't complain. The copy is clean now. Surely worth a lunch to me. Robert At 02:43 AM 10/26/2003, you wrote: >No...file size is only limited by the capabilities of your computer. > >First...make sure your TEMP directory is cleared. Find out more info >with this MouseTrax article: www.mousetrax.com/maintain.html > >The Disk is Full error could be from a few things...including an old >bug if you haven't updated from the original version. Check the version >you have by clicking Help/About. If you don't have any SR patches (up >to 3 I believe in 2000???)...then you should update your version! > >And since you didn't provide the full error...here are some KBs to check: > >Q230155 - WD2000: ErrMsg: "Word cannot save or create this file. The >disk may be full or write-protected." >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q230/1/55.ASP > >Q224059 - WD2000: Error Message: "The disk is full. Free some space on >this drive, or save the document on another disk. Try one or more of >the >following: Close any unneeded documents, programs, and windows." >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q224/0/59.ASP > >Q224041 - WD2000: Error Message: "The Disk Is Full or Too Many Files >Are Open" >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q224/0/41.ASP > >Q224031 - WD2000: Error Message: The Disk Is Full Trying to Write to ><Drive>... >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q224/0/31.ASP > > >Dian D. Chapman >Technical Consultant, >Microsoft MVP & Instructor > >Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word Tips & Tricks >eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! >www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of Peterson Pete >Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:30 AM >To: MSO >Subject: [mso] WORD 2000 FILE LIMITS > >I have Office/Word 2K running under Win98SE. > >Is there a 160 KB file size limit in Word? > >I have a 160 KB word file. 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