As a last resort, you can try to access the document in Microsoft Word X or Word 2004 on a Mac, as some older documents are inaccessible with the Word 2008 compatibility mode. If the document can be opened with an older version of the program, save the file with a new name, and then again try to use it on the Mac with Word 2008.

I recently installed Word for Mac (version 17) on my Mac OS X El Capitan (version 10.11.6). I did this after having a sudden problem with my older version of Word where it turned blocks of text in documents into rectangular symbols.

The same documents opened perfectly when I purchased and installed the newest version of Word but, suddenly I discovered that I could not Save or Save As an otherwise normal document. When I tried copy and pasting the text into a new document I had the same problem until I quit Word and relaunched the application.

There are currently no updates available. Any suggestions?

Thank you, Chris. Hi, Do you mean the text box display issue has been resolved after upgraded to version 17?

But the Save and Save as issue occurred with this new Word version? Is there any error description when you click Save or Save as? Please confirm if the Save and Save as issue happens to all word documents. Also confirm of other Office applications encounter this issue. Please create a new document in Word for Mac (version 17), insert new text box in this blank document, check if you can save or save as this new document with text box. Regards, Winnie Liang Please remember to mark the replies as an answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact.

Hi, Do you mean the text box display issue has been resolved after upgraded to version 17? But the Save and Save as issue occurred with this new Word version? Is there any error description when you click Save or Save as?

Please confirm if the Save and Save as issue happens to all word documents. Also confirm of other Office applications encounter this issue. Please create a new document in Word for Mac (version 17), insert new text box in this blank document, check if you can save or save as this new document with text box. Regards, Winnie Liang Please remember to mark the replies as an answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact. I had the exact same issue. I found a way to work around it for now until they fix this bug.

Click on the drop down menu and select 'Save As.' Then look for the File Format box in the lower right hand corner of the Save As box you should be in. Change the file format to Word 97-2004 (.doc) Click save. It will save your document in Compatibility Mode. Reopen Word and in the drop down menu select 'Open Recent.'

Select the document you just saved. Once it's opened, go to the drop down menu again and select 'Save As' and select file format drop down again and select the top option Word Document (.docx) This is the file format you originally tried to save it as.

You will get a box that pops up letting you know that you are converting to an online XML file available on the newest versions of Word and that some of the original formatting on your document may be affected. Click OK after reading the message. Your document will be saved as a.docx now and you will be good to go. Per the warning message, double check the formatting and appearance of your document just in case something did change with it before you submit your document anywhere. Mine looked fine. I hope this helps everyone!

Safari adblock for mac review. Please follow these instructions to remove MacKeeper from your computer: The empty ad containers on NYTimes.com are the result of EasyList (the primary ad-blocking filter list that all ad blockers rely on) not keeping up with layout changes on the site. Please see this article in our Knowledge Base for a custom filter that will hide the containers until EasyList catches up: For the sites you're not able to get to and where ads aren't blocked, can you please make sure that the ticket you submitted includes AdBlock's debugging information (along with a link to the sites you're not able to visit? AdBlock can't block that kind of ad, since we aren't an anti-malware application.

I am using the most recent version of Mac Os High Sierra: 10:13 have 32 gigs of RAM and a 1TB solid state drive Chris. I upgraded from Word 2011 to Word 2016, version 15.40. Even in Word 2011 I was having a few minutes delay in saving as along with having 3-6 tags for my documents. I save them in rich text format so I can cut and paste them into my Google Plus Blog and also send them as e-mails that can be used immediately by selected people. I have about 1,450 documents saved in Word, mostly so I have a backup for most of my posts and comments on GooglePlus. As soon as I upgraded to Word 2016, I could no longer save any written file using save as and then including a few tags. Word hung for half an hour or so when I attempted to save.

I am often able to recover what I write after Word fails to save my new documents. Then I just save it without any tags and it completes that almost immediately. I tried to save exactly the same few sentences as a save as with tags. It failed to save. I could recover it, but with none of my tags. Then I saved it with no content tags and with the same title as before.