WD98: Error When Saving Word 98 Document in Word 6.0/95 Format (183341)

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition document in Word 6.0/95 Export format, you may receive the following error messages:

There was an error saving the file.

After choosing OK, you receive the following error message:

There was insufficient memory or disk space. Close extra windows and try again.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if graphics are converted to PICT (Macintosh) or WMF (Windows Metafile) format. These formats do not support graphics compression. Because the graphics can't be compressed, file size of the document increases.

WORKAROUND

If you are saving a large document with lots of graphics from Word 98 to the Word 6.0/95 Export format and you receive an error message, it is recommended that you break up the Word 98 document into smaller files before saving them in the Word 6.0/95 Export format.

To separate a file into separate parts, follow these steps:

In your document (for example "MyDoc1"), select five or so pages of text.
On the Edit menu, click Cut.
On the File menu, click New. Select Blank Document, and click OK.
On the Edit menu, click Paste.
On the File menu, click Save As, and name your document "Yourdoc2."
Click OK. Repeat steps 1-5 until entire document has been pasted into separate, smaller files.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about saving documents to other file formats, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

saving documents, other file formats

and then click Show Topics. Select the "What happens when I save a Word 98 document..." topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.