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From: Chris Ridd on 28 Mar 2010 11:52
On 2010-03-28 16:07:18 +0100, Trevor Wright said:

> I am new to Macs (imac a few months old) and have installed Word 2008.
> I'm used to 2007.
>
> Having various repeated problems with Word. Often it won't save a new
> file (Save as...) and tells me the disc is full, etc. If I save the
> file into a different folder, it will save. I don't get it.
>
> When I've saved the file into the wrong folder, I need to move it back.
> I copy the file. Then when I paste I'm asked for my mac log-in
> password. It then saves OK. But it's becoming annoying.
>
> Grateful for any assistance, including redirection to a different
> newsgroup if more appropriate.

There's also a group just for Word on the Mac -
microsoft.public.mac.office.word - in case you don't get answers to all
your questions here!
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Chris

From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Mar 2010 11:57
Trevor Wright <newstrap(a)thewrights.uk.com> wrote:

> Thanks, OK. I can drag files. At the moment, I can't see how to
> actually open two folders at once in Finder?

Just double click them both. You'll get two windows, one for each
folder.

To move a file from one to the other, open the folder containing the
file, click on the file's icon and drag it to the icon of the folder
where you want to put it. When the folder highlights, just release the
mouse button.

As Phil says, copy-paste of files isn't really the Mac way of doing it,
although it does work and you can do it if you prefer. But as you've
found, there can be problems with it.

As for Word; Word 2008 for the Mac does have an evil reputation, as
being a really ropey version. I use Word 2004, and have no intention
whatsoever of 'upgrading'. Or I use Pages, which handles Word files very
well, or even from OS10.5 onwards, TextEdit, which handles simple Word
docs perfectly adequately and is really quick.
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Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Mar 2010 12:14
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Just double click them both.

D'oh... That's Cmd-double-click.
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Peter
From: Trevor Wright on 28 Mar 2010 13:03
In message
<1jg2oul.lnf9yy1g9h46oN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>,
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> writes
>Why Save as..., rather than Save?

It's the first time I've saved the file. I want to choose a name and
folder for it. ..
>
>Which disk exactly is it trying to save to when yo get this message? You
>can find that information in the Save... dialog box.

I only have one disk - the iMac's hard drive. It is far from full.


>
>And which folders are these?

Ah... Well

I think it's just one folder, and I think I've just solved it (hubris,
etc) by changing the permissions. I didn't have read and write.

Well... thanks for your help, and suggestions here put me onto
permissions; I am a beginner, as I said.

Though it does provoke a couple of thoughts: why would a folder have
custom permissions? Is there a default for all folders?

And why is the Word error so incomprehensible? It says nothing about
permissions.

Thanks for your patience.

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Trevor Wright
From: Elliott Roper on 28 Mar 2010 13:05
In article <jLO0GXqmC3rLFAKX(a)trevorwright.demon.co.uk>, Trevor Wright
<newstrap(a)thewrights.uk.com> wrote:

> I am new to Macs (imac a few months old) and have installed Word 2008.
> I'm used to 2007.
>
> Having various repeated problems with Word. Often it won't save a new
> file (Save as...) and tells me the disc is full, etc. If I save the
> file into a different folder, it will save. I don't get it.

"Disk is full" is Microsoft for "something stopped me doing it and I
can't be bothered to work out what"

Different folder works? That sounds like you don't have write
permissions for the first folder you try. In the Finder, select the
folder and do a File � Get Info. See what it says under "sharing and
permissions"
>
> When I've saved the file into the wrong folder, I need to move it back.
> I copy the file. Then when I paste I'm asked for my mac log-in
> password. It then saves OK. But it's becoming annoying.
>
> Grateful for any assistance, including redirection to a different
> newsgroup if more appropriate.

Yep, everything looks like you are not allowed to write to the
destination.

Since it lets you write once you put your password in, I think you can
effect a permafix via the Get Info panel I mentioned above. Click the
lock on the bottom right, supply your admin name and password then
change your privilege to read and write and tell it to propagate to
everything contained in it.

There remains an interesting question of how it got into this mess.
Are you running separate admin and non-admin users? Is this an external
disk? Did you inherit it from someone else?

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