Windows 10: I have found that Word 2016 is saving a doc with the same name in two locations in the...

One is in a folder, labeled for the book I'm working on. Then, the file with the same name is in the documents folder itself.

I found the problem by working on the file one day, and the next, opening it. I found the changes were missing.

I did some digging, and found the file in the book folder last accessed the day before. The one in the documents file was last accessed two days before.

I think when I hit control-save throughout my session, that is is saving to the original location. Or not. I can't tell.

Therefore, I am working on stuff, losing it, continuing on...then overwriting it, apparently.

I'm not sure how this can happen, exactly.

All I know is, scenes I know I wrote are missing. This is maddening and really depressing.

I save it to One Drive, also. But am I still doing the same thing?

I will have to compare the two files, and try to see which one has the most scenes. At any rate, that's a lot of work.

Does anybody know anything about this? I can add a screenshot to better illustrate what I mean if I need to.

If I stop quick saving, and always use the drop down to "save as" and then overwrite, will that stop this weird problem?

The document was originally created in Word 2007.

:)

 

Problem transferring Word doc

Before I purchased Microsoft Word 2016 for my new PC (with Windows 10 Home) I got on the chat line and asked if the Word 2016 program would open and allow me to edit doc's from my old PC (with Windows 10 upgrade) and was told that yes, the Word 2016 was
backwards compatible. I purchased the Word 2016 and installed it on my new computer. I transferred a document from my old PC to a USB and opened it in the Word 2016 program. I made edits to the doc and saved it. Now every time I try to open the doc in Word
2016, it shows up on the documents but when I try to open it I get a message saying"The Directory Name isn't valid (L:\***.doc)".

I have to insert the USB with the old document to open the one on Word 2016. It then opens the doc with the updated edits and will let me edit it again. I save it but have to go through the above to open it again even though it is showing up on Word 2016.
How can I save this doc in Word 2016 without re-inserting the USB every time? Can I change the Directory somehow or save it to Word 2016 with out re-inserting the USB every time?

 

Will Word 2003 docs be read in Word 2016?

Question: Will Word 2003 docs be read in Word 2016

Yes. Word 2016 will read Word 2003 documents.

 

Word 2016 crashes on save/save as

When I do a save as or save, MS Word 2016, Version 1704 Build 8067.2157 becomes non responsive. No matter what the destination is, usually documents, it just crashes. Task manager to get out of it. Searched for problem on the internet, tried most if not all of the suggestions same result. Tried the Office repair, same problem. Appreciate any suggestions.

UPDATE: Now all programs in office have the same "save to" crash.*Sleepy