"There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be incomplete. Save your work."

Anonymous
2016-05-29T12:19:36+00:00

Word 2016 error.

   "There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be incomplete. Save your work."

Apparently this is an antiquated condition based on the answers posted in 2011.

This is 2016. There is nothing in the blank document.

I've been copying information from WEB into Word for recording and reference for years and have never had this problem until today. Tried piecemeal with no success.

Notice that Office 2016 was recently updated and if this feature was reincorporated it's not a good thing unless there is

an override somewhere in Doc Options that can be switched on to ignore this condition?

The user should be in control. If the MCP is listening please don't take it personal.

Thanks.

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Anonymous
2016-06-20T21:11:39+00:00

Hi everyone,

I’m told that his issue is now fixed in the latest Office 2016 updated, which we recently released.

The current version is 16.0.6965.2058. This update contains features in the May feature update described below, plus new security and non-security updates. To find out more, go to our release notes page, and under Channel, click Current.

To get the update immediately, open any Office 2016 app and choose File > Account > Update Options >Update Now. 

Best,

-Erik

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-29T13:20:01+00:00

    Hi,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community.

    I would like to know the Office build installed on the computer.

    Let us try to check the compatibility and check if it helps.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Check-file-compatibility-with-earlier-versions-D9856881-5875-4C58-915F-06859B2943A7

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/what-is-program-compatibility#1TC=windows-7

    Hope this information helps you. Please let us know if you need additional information.

    Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-29T13:56:42+00:00

    Thank you for the reply. Tried both suggestions with no success.

    Cannot copy and past any significant amount of information directly from WEB articles into Word without the error popping up.

    Does work with some simple selected text.

    Still suspect that the problem was introduced in the recent update and has to do with special features that I have generally manually removed in the past.

    Would be curious to know why this error started today.

    Will continue to investigate this issue in hopes of finding a solution.

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-29T17:19:47+00:00

    Hi,

    I would like to know if the issues is happening with other office applications as well.

    Let us try to open Excel, PowerPoint etc. and check.

    Let us try to open Office applications in safe mode and check.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Why-do-I-get-a-stopped-working-message-when-I-start-my-Office-2013-application--52bd7985-4e99-4a35-84c8-2d9b8301a2fa?CorrelationId=2dd79fd0-4490-4708-9ef0-d82c7b279d3b&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

    Hope this information helps you. Please let us know if you need additional information.

    Thank you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-29T17:22:44+00:00

    Hi,

    I would like to know if the issues is happening with other office applications as well.

    Let us try to open Excel, PowerPoint etc. and check.

    Let us try to open Office applications in safe mode and check.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Why-do-I-get-a-stopped-working-message-when-I-start-my-Office-2013-application--52bd7985-4e99-4a35-84c8-2d9b8301a2fa?CorrelationId=2dd79fd0-4490-4708-9ef0-d82c7b279d3b&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

    Hope this information helps you. Please let us know if you need additional information.

    Thank you.

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