"File Permission Error" Saving Document with Leading Space

ID: Q140743

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

You get the following error message when you try to save a Word 6.0 document under Windows 95

   Word cannot complete the save due to a file permission error
   <filename>.

where <filename> is the name of your document.

This problem does not occur with Word version 2.0 for Windows.

CAUSE

The first character of the file name is a space.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

RESOLUTION

Remove the leading space from the file name.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c word6 leading space winword

Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: January 20, 1999