Save becomes save as

Question

I have a document that when I attempt to save it the save command switches to save as?   Why?   This is 32 bit MS Word 2013 on 64 bit Windows 7.

The document does contain embedded versions of MS WOrd and MS Excel files.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Office Community.

Please provide more information to help you better.

1. Is this issue experienced only on a particular Word document?
2. Did you embedded the Office application files as linked objects?

Reply with necessary information and I’ll be happy to help you further.

Thank you.

Answer 2

Hi,

As mentioned earlier, queries related Macros (files created through Macro/ Macro enabled files) or VBA code will be better addressed in Office Programming section of Microsoft Office Community.

Let's verify if this issue occur when you try saving any new Office application (Word/Excel) files?

I look forward to your reply to assist you further.

Thank you.

Answer 3

Thanks  Daniel,

 I will, but since the macro is no longer involved after data creation I entered it here as well hoping someone can tell me why an attempt to save a document would switch to save as which appears to be an endless loop.  

Can the versions of Word / Excel cause an issue?   I am still struggling to figure out what to look for.

Answer 4

Hi,

Since the file was created through Macro, I kindly request you may also post this query in the following section of Microsoft Community for better suggestions.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/customize

If you have any questions related to Office products, you can always reply and I’ll be happy to assist you.

Thank you.

Answer 5

Thanks for your reply.

1. A macro creates the document so we have different flavors and would need to constantly fix.    I would be unable to share the current document.
2. The embbeded files are contained within the document (not linked outside).
3. The problem seems size related.   When the overall document is above 5 Meg the problem appears. 

Another strange phenomenon we have observed that may or not be relevant:   Using CTRL-A, F9 on these documents the first time fails to prompt you and correct the table of contents, list of tables and list of figures.   The second attempt will prompt you if you want to update the entire table and not just the page numbers (3 times, one for each list).