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I have created a new document in Vista. When I click the save button the box in the lower screen shows it is saving but theres a red cross in a circle next to it. What does this mean? Hopefully I'm not losing changes I make?
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Having a red cross did make me wonder if documents and changes were actually being saved or whether it was an action that couldn't be done. It sent alarm signals to me, why they couldn't they just have had the progress bar? I have to say that it's just one more thing about Office 2007 that I have found confusing.
OK, I found it, the red X appears beside the file name. It is just showing you that the save is not yet complete. You should see a green "Progress bar" showing the save progress.