WD2000: Err Msg: "There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be incomplete. Save your work." (224029)

ERROR MESSAGE

When you open a Word document that contains an object and then try to move the object, the following error message may appear:

There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be incomplete. Save your work.

NOTE: This error message may appear even if you did no other editing before moving the object. NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

THINGS TO TRY

There is insufficient disk space on the hard disk that contains your Windows TEMP folder.

You need to optimize Windows and free some disk space. There should be at least 10 megabytes (MB) of free space on the hard disk that contains your temporary folder.

NOTE: The minimum amount of free disk space may depend on your particular situation.

To remove temporary and printer spool files that may be taking up space on your hard disk, use the following steps:

Restart your computer to a command prompt. To do this, do one of the following:
- In Windows 95, press F8 when you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, and then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
  
  -or-
- In Windows 98, restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
  
  For additional information about Windows 98 startup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  178548 No "Starting Windows 98" Message at Startup
Type "set" (without quotation marks) and press ENTER. Note the location of the TEMP variable.
Change to the folder noted in step 2. For example, if TEMP is set to C:\Windows\Temp, type the following line and then press ENTER:

cd\windows\temp
Delete any temporary files in this folder. Temporary files typically have a .tmp extension. To delete these files, type the following line and then press ENTER:

del *.tmp

NOTE: You should not delete these files from within the Windows 95/98 graphical user interface (GUI), because Windows 95/98 or a Windows- based application may be using one of these files.
Type the following line and press ENTER to change to the spool folder:

cd\windows\spool\printers
Delete any spool files in this folder. Spool files typically have an .spl extension. To delete these files, type the following line and then press ENTER:

del *.spl

There are fragmented or cross-linked files.

If the hard disk becomes fragmented or there are cross-linked files on the hard disk, you can encounter problems. To check for these problems, follow these steps:

Shut down and restart your computer normally.
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click ScanDisk. Allow ScanDisk to run until completion.
When ScanDisk is finished, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter. Allow Disk Defragmenter to run to completion.

For additional information about optimizing space in Windows 98, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

186099 Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows 98