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Excel97 "Save As" Problem

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by poortinga

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In Excel97, when doing a "Save As", the user receives the error "Your changes could not be saved to 'document name', but were saved to a temporary document named 'doc name'. Close the existing document, then open the temporary document and save it under a new name." We are running Windows95.

Any ideas on what would be causing this or a work-around for it?

Thanks!

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by kevin_b

I have seen this issue on a novell network before; check to make sure you have the latest client for the network. I upgraded the client and that solved my problem. I believe it is a rights issue between old client and new novell version.

by mr_cellophane

Does the new file name already exist ?
Check that the old file format and the default under TOOLS /OPTIONS /SAVE AS are the same.
Check long file name support is setup.
Check you have rights to create.

by pvp

I've seen W95 and XL confuse each other like this a lot!

The solution is to save the file under another name, exit XL completely, and rename the file while outside of XL.

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