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WD97: Error Message: "Word Cannot Give a Document the Same Name"Article ID: 173683 - View products that this article applies to. This article was previously published under Q173683 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 97, you may receive the following error message:
Word cannot give a document the same name as an open document. Type a different name for the document you want to save. (<path>\filename) This error may occur with large documents if you select the following options on the Save tab (click Options on the Tools menu):
CAUSE
This error may occur when you attempt to save a document, while Word is performing an automatic background save. Both save processes are trying to save information to the same file name.
WORKAROUND
To prevent this error message from occurring, allow the automatic background save to complete before you save your document. NOTE: When Word saves a document in the background, a pulsing disk icon appears on the status bar. STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 2000. REFERENCESFor additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
89247
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/89247/EN-US/
)
WD97: How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files
71999
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/71999/EN-US/
)
WD97: How to Disable the Fast Saves Option
107686
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/107686/EN-US/
)
WD: How Word Creates and Recovers AutoRecover Files
PropertiesArticle ID: 173683 - Last Review: January 20, 2007 - Revision: 1.1
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