Problem Copying Word 2002 Files to CD-R

[Kim]

I am having a problem copying Word 2002 files to a cd. I
click on save as and select drive E but get an error
essage which reads "You do not have access to folder E:\.
See your administrator for access to this folder. I have
Windows XP Home Edition and am the only one who uses this
computer. I can copy Word files to cdrom using another
method, but then the file is "read-only." I can copy
files to drive A and they are not read only. How can I
copy Word 2002 files to cdrom using save as and how do I
make them editable? How do I eliminate the error message?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Files on a CD are read-only by definition (even if it's a CD-RW).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, you should not *save* to a floppy. You should save to the HD and copy to
the floppy or CD. Here is what Graham Mayor wrote on the subject earlier
today in the word.newusers NG:

There is no problem storing Word files on floppy disc.

What you *must* avoid is opening files from floppy disc or saving them to
floppy disc directly from Word. This is the major cause of document
corruption.

*Save on the hard drive and copy to floppy disc.*

A CD writer offers extra opportunities for backing up files, but I would
urge you to avoid the packet writing systems that make CDRW (and in some
cases CDR) discs work like large floppy discs. Such packet formats are
notoriously unreliable.
I would also suggest that you avoid re-writable discs. These too are
unpredictable, and as the whole purpose of backing up is to have your data
available when you want it, you should avoid them. They should be treated as
purely a convenience tool and for testing. (they won't work with audio
either - your CD player will not recognize them).

CDR discs cost about the same as floppy discs - around 50p (UK) each, yet
hold 700 mb against 1.4 mb for the floppy. It is not going to break the bank
to use these discs fot your data storage!

Applications such as Nero (the market leading CD writing application) which
is likely to be supplied with your writer, have a facility to write ISO
multisessions. This means that you can add to the data they contain, until
the disc is full. ISO data formats are *much* more reliable than packet
formats.

Again, do not try and save directly to a removable medium, but save to the
hard drive and copy to the removable medium.


--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word