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Herb Green

a novice here. What is the procedure for closing down old
processor ms word files on to 3 1/2 floppy that I want to
bring over to new processor and enter in to word. Don't
laugh.

Thanks so much
 
I'm not sure the extent to which you need precise instructions. Use Windows
Explorer to copy the files to the floppy; then use Windows Explorer on the
new computer to copy them to the desired location. The default location
where Word looks for documents is shown in Tools - Options - File
Locations - Documents (the location usually is called My Documents). So,
it's not a bad idea to put them there.

Then, simply choose File - Open from Word. Word should do any needed
conversion(s) automatically.

Whatever you do... do NOT open/save the files on floppy directly from Word.
Word creates a number of temporary files on the disk/folder where the
documents reside. These files often are many times larger than the original
file. So, they often don't fit on a floppy diskette. The end result is a
corrupted document and lost work. So, whatever you do, copy the files to
your hard drive before opening/editing/saving them.
 
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