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fabravo - 28 Apr 2005 23:26 GMT

We are running Office 2004 on OS X and Novell Netware 6.5. When we try
to save files to the file server, strange things happen...

For instance, with Word: The file saves and then there is a message
that 'Word failed reading from this file <file name>.'

With Excel: Once the file reaches 72KB (Actually, 67,072 bytes), it is
no longer able to be saved to the server. You get a 'Disk is Full'
followed by a 'Document not saved' error.

With PowerPoint: The file will not save the first time, but seems to
save on saves after that (you have to save it to the desktop and then
copy it to the server the first time).

Any ideas what is going on?

Thanks in advance.

\frank

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Daiya Mitchell - 29 Apr 2005 06:42 GMT

I think everything we know here about this problem is on this page:
http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Can%27tSaveToNovellContent.htm
(hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)

> We are running Office 2004 on OS X and Novell Netware 6.5. When we try
> to save files to the file server, strange things happen...
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> \frank

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fabravo - 29 Apr 2005 13:25 GMT

Thanks. We did end up finding the AFPTCP and replacing that with a
newer version that looks like it solved the problem.

\frank

> I think everything we know here about this problem is on this page:
> http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Can%27tSaveToNovellContent.htm
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> MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/>
> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

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Nathan Broome - 23 May 2005 19:26 GMT

I'm encountering similar issues with my Netware 6.5 sp2 box. I get a
specific error when users try to save changes to Mac Office 2004 documents
on the NetWare volume. The error is as follows:

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"There has been a network or File Permission error. The network connection
may be lost."
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A Word Work File is created containing the same text as the original
document, and the user is prompted to save the file someplace else.

Permissions and network problems have been ruled out, and other
applications/files save and open properly.

I tried installing the latest AFPTCP patch to no effect. Any assistance
would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Nathan

> Thanks. We did end up finding the AFPTCP and replacing that with a
> newer version that looks like it solved the problem.
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>> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

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