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When I make a change in the 800kb file and then try to save the changes on
its 1.4 mb disc a message quot;Document Not Savedquot; appears with no other
information.

Why? What can be done to save the changes on the same disc?

NEVER ever work on floppies, it will most likely corrupt the file. Use it to
transport files between computers and work from their hard drives

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

nwexcelsolutions.comquot;Alanquot; gt; wrote in message
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gt; When I make a change in the 800kb file and then try to save the changes on
gt; its 1.4 mb disc a message quot;Document Not Savedquot; appears with no other
gt; information.
gt;
gt; Why? What can be done to save the changes on the same disc?
And one of the (many) reasons to avoid floppies is...

When excel saves the file, it saves it as a temporary file with a funny name (8
characters--no extension) on that same drive/folder.

If the save is successful, xl will delete the original (or rename it to its
backup name (like quot;backup of book1.xlk)) and if that's successful, xl will
rename the funny named file to the original's name.

And since your original file is 800KB, I'd bet that the copy will be about
800KB. 800KB*2 is too big to fit on a floppy.

But this isn't the only reason to avoid working on floppies--but it might be the
problem in this case.

(Follow Peo's advice is what I'm trying to write!)Alan wrote:
gt;
gt; When I make a change in the 800kb file and then try to save the changes on
gt; its 1.4 mb disc a message quot;Document Not Savedquot; appears with no other
gt; information.
gt;
gt; Why? What can be done to save the changes on the same disc?

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Dave Peterson