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Franz-Josef Knelangen, responding to Amanda's "May I never do docs in
Word on a Novell network again!", replied: <<Every app. that makes some
use of temporary files has potentional probs with Novell - ask your
sysadmin. Blame Word for Word issues ...>>
Too true, though it does work more smoothly with a Windows server
network. However, it's well worth noting that you can configure Word to
store its temp files anywhere you want, including your local disk. Open
the Options (Preferences on the Mac), click the Files tab, and set the
default location for these and your backup files. Works like a charm,
and is particularly useful since you need to periodically delete these
temp files. Word forgets, and when the number of files reaches critical
mass, all kinds of bizarre behavior begins to occur.
<<I never open files on any network for editing. Check it out locally
or make a local copy.>>
This used to be a fact of life, but I'm not sure it is any longer. Back
a year and a bit ago, at a former employer, we did all our Word editing
via the network with a task-management system managed via Outlook and
Exchange server. There were occasional problems with file permissions,
but rarely a problem with lost data, and those times I suspected the
authors were responsible. (Yes, I know; software should protect us from
our own errors.)
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