Can’t save file because doc with same name is open (Word 2000)

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While working, I did a ctrl-s to save my work (which I have happily taught myself to do VERY frequently).

Word gives me an error: “Word cannot give a document the same name as an open document. Type a different name for the document you want to save…”

Problem is that I just wanted to do a save, not a save as. The open version of the document with the offending name was the document that I was trying to save.

What gives?

Thanks,
Saturn

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Although it is for Word 97 instead of Word 2000, does the situation described in WD97: Error Message: “Word Cannot Give a Document the Same Name” apply to you?

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Thanks Hans.

In fact Background Saves and Save Auto-recovery info were both checked.
They have been disabled.

And I have now deleted the 16 or so copies of the document that I incrementally saved in the interim as well .

Saturn

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You might want to turn Auto-Recovery back on. You probably save more often than the usual interval for AutoRecovery saves (e.g., 5 minutes), but it’s useful for the case when your phone rings and you don’t press Ctrl+S before answering.

(For Office XP users, it’s annoying the way Word can spend 5 minutes trying to recover files after a crash, but for Office 2000 users, I think it’s a very useful feature.)

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You might want to turn Auto-Recovery back on. You probably save more often than the usual interval for AutoRecovery saves (e.g., 5 minutes), but it’s useful for the case when your phone rings and you don’t press Ctrl+S before answering.

(For Office XP users, it’s annoying the way Word can spend 5 minutes trying to recover files after a crash, but for Office 2000 users, I think it’s a very useful feature.)

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Thanks Hans.

In fact Background Saves and Save Auto-recovery info were both checked.
They have been disabled.

And I have now deleted the 16 or so copies of the document that I incrementally saved in the interim as well .

Saturn

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Although it is for Word 97 instead of Word 2000, does the situation described in WD97: Error Message: “Word Cannot Give a Document the Same Name” apply to you?

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Hi Saturn:
There’s another thing you should check, also. You may have temp files lying around that are interferring with the save process, especially if Word has crashed in the past. Take a look at the first step listed in post 197827.
Cheers,

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Hi Saturn:
There’s another thing you should check, also. You may have temp files lying around that are interferring with the save process, especially if Word has crashed in the past. Take a look at the first step listed in post 197827.
Cheers,

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