Originally Posted by Dr. Rick

To C. Kenyon
Thanks again. I'm at least 90% sure that I've never removed the SD card at all, but it really doesn't matter at this point. I've spoken to several friends in the last few days who are what I'd call "casual users" of Word, and NONE of them had heard of a problem with saving Word files to jump drives. Are you saying there is a basic difference between SD cards and USB drives? I've always felt that SD cards seemed a little more "stable" than USB drives, but this was always nebulous.

I've certainly had Windows (rather than Word) complain if one tries to eject any removable media that is "in use" (this phrase has a very specific meaning to Windows, apparently), but this is a separate issue. I still think it would be a great idea if WORD warned and prompted a user to proceed at their own risk until or unless they can figure out what I would call a major bug in their software.

Do you know offhand if other word processors, e.g., WordPerfect, WPS, Open Office, etc. have this same problem with jump drives? I was a happy user of WP before feeling pressured to change to MSW years ago.

Thanks for taking the time to address my concerns. You are a very generous contributor to these forums. In summary, I assume that your advice vis-a-vis Word and removable media is to feel free use USB/SD media for storage outside of Word, but not to save or load files on such drives to or from Word.
RJ