Can't create a new Word document in WSS 3.0

Question

Issue:

• If I open Word and create and save a file to my desktop, I can upload it to SharePoint with no issue.
• If I right click and create a Word document on my desktop machine I am unable to upload it to SharePoint. I get the following error message (in both IE10 and Firefox):

You must specify a value for the required field. The file name is invalid or the file is empty. A file name cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > | # { } % ~ &

• If I select new word document in SharePoint it also won't let me save the document. No error message is given.

A colleague has no issue so I'm aware it is local to my machine.

I have a WSS 3.0 installation on Server 2003. I have a Windows 7 desktop machine with Office 2010.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

When you right click to create a new document, and don't modify the contents, it is empty, and to SharePoint's point, it is "invalid or the file is empty" and SharePoint won't accept it.

When you click to create a new document in SharePoint, are you entering any content into the document? Or are you just trying to save it empty?