"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
    2016-06-01T20:27:26+00:00

    Hello everybody,

    I have exactly the same problem. Can't copy a picture in a word document even if it is in the same word document and get the message  "There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be incomplete. Save your work."

    I tried everything out there and nothing fixed it. I also noticed that when trying to copy paste, my document would stop working and restart again without saving the last work done. If it's an update issue i hope it will be resolved soon.

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  2. Stefan Blom 353K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-06-01T18:05:20+00:00

    I feel really stupid but how do you use a clipboard?

    The clipboard is the location where data ends up after you have cut or copied it; in other words, the clipboard is the source when you paste.

    There is also a Clipboard pane in Word that you can use to collect several pieces of data and get more control over them. It is the internal Word/Office clipboard.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-01T17:27:21+00:00

    Hi everyone,

    Thank you for posting about this and bringing it to our attention, and for the build information and repro steps you provided. All super helpful. I have made our engineering team aware of this issue, and we will post back to this thread after we investigate and know more.

    Best,

    -Erik

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-01T17:24:43+00:00

    I feel really stupid but how do you use a clipboard?

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