DOCUMENT:Q168805  14-NOV-2000  [word97]
TITLE   :WD97: Creating Large Numbers of Styles Creates Huge Scratch File
PRODUCT :Word 97 for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:97
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbenv kberrmsg word97

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive one of the following error messages when trying to save, open,
or close a document in Word, or while performing other Windows functions while
Word is running:

   The disk is full trying to write to <drive>. Free some space on this
   drive, or save the document on another disk.

   -or-

   The disk is full or too many files are open.

   -or-

   Saving the AutoRecovery file is postponed for <file name>.

CAUSE
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When you add a large number of styles to a document (or to several documents),
the Word temporary scratch file, ~Wrs0001.tmp may become extremely large.
Closing the original document has no effect on the scratch file.

These error messages may occur if the ~Wrs0001.tmp file becomes too large,
causing your computer to run out of disk space.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, quit and restart Microsoft Word. Quitting Word will
remove the scratch file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug

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