
Click the Apple icon at the upper left corner of your screen and select About This Mac.To allow Word to close all temporary files.
Word, click on “Disk Full Error?” and you will be prompted With the template properly installed, if you ever try to save a Word documentĪnd get the “disk full” error, just go to the File menu in Will now appear in the Global Templates & Add-Ins box where you The Office: Startup: Word folder), and double click on it.
If FixDiskFullIssue.dot does not appear in the Global Templates & Add-Insīox, click on Add, navigate to the FixDiskFullIssue.dot template (in. You should seeįixDiskFullIssue.dot in the Global Templates & Add-Ins box. Go to the Tools menu: Templates & Add-Ins. Now see “Disk Full Error?” on your File Menu in Word, justīelow the various Save options. Office (2001 or X): Office: Startup: Word folder. Install the template by dragging it into your Applications: Microsoft. Clicking on the following link will download the fix to your computer: FixDiskFullIssue.dot. After installing it, you will need to re-apply all Updaters appropriate If you have never installed VBA, you willįind it in the Value Pack on your Office X or Office 2001 installationĬD. You must have Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) installed in order for Likely never hit the “Disk is full” error on save. Page fields in them, do your editing in Normal view, and you’ll If you’re working on a document that has headers and footers with Is full, or that you really do have too many files open! Workaround #1 That the disk (or folder you are trying to write to) actually You will see the problem in Word 2004, and if you do, the fixes Microsoft raised the limit on open files in WordĢ004, and put in a work-around that automatically senses the problemĪnd offers to clear the Undo Stack for you. Note: As stated above, this error occurs less frequently #2 applies regardless of the type of document: It wipes out the temporaryįiles and, consequently, the stack of Undo actions so that Word is able When working with a particular type of document layout. Workaround #1 explains how to avoid the error In turn caused by Word trying to maintain the stack (or list) of UndoĪctions available. The error is caused by having too many temporary files open, which is Word 2004 but the fact is that you can still occasionally get "Diskįull" errors in this version.) For more about the “DiskĪnd the detective work required to nail it down, see Rick Schaut’s Anatomy (We're not sure that it isn't a different bug in It affects both Microsoft Word 2001 and Word X and, unfortunately, WordĢ004 as well.
The bug occurs only sometimes and in a very specific set of circumstances. Obscure bug (which is why it took Microsoft so long to find its cause). That occurs sometimes when trying to save a Word document. Microsoft has come up with a workaround to the “Disk Full” error