Saving to external HD on USB

I could not save MS Excel or Word files to the external drive that is connected to the AE. It was formatted with Extended Journaled. I reformated to Extended and still cannot save or save as to the external. I can drag and drop the files without any issues. Any ideas?

Hi Jim
I have exactly the same problem (see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=839866&tstart=45).
I have sent a bug report to Microsoft, and put a note on the Microsoft Google Group.
You tried reformatting as Mac OS Extended - I have been wondering if there would be a problem if the drive was formatted for Windows (ie FAT) - but I am waiting to find out before re-formatting my drive...
Cheers
Jeremy

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