[grammatim[_2_]]

When I was having my templates problem, Jay gave some filepaths that
included % as fences around parts of the string, and the abbreviated
string took me right to both of the (hidden?) folders containing
templates (the Templates folder and the Word Startup folder). So %
also performs some sort of abbreviating and guiding function.

On Nov 4, 2:36*pm, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" 75214.226(At Beautiful
Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:
Hi Shirlene,

For Word's web compatibility features Word documents, when saved to the root folder, example A:\ , are saved by *Word with a
replacement for *each space in the file name with
* * %20
which is the encoding for a 'space' character. * Other punctuation characters may also be replaced with *% *leader entity
characters.

You don't normally see this on your hard drive because you're saving in a non root folder such as C:\My Documents\

If you create a folder on your diskette (however see Graham's message) and save there you should no longer see the replacement of
space characters.

If you do choose to work with removable media when using Word be sure that

*1. You have the removable media in place when you start Word and don't change diskettes, thumbdrives, chips, etc while Word is
open.

*2. That in Tools=Options=Save
* * you permanently
* * (a) Turn Off - Allow Fast Saves
* * (b) Turn On - *'Make local copy...'

*3. In Tools=Options=General
* * you permanently Turn On
* * *'Confirm Conversions at Open'

To somewhat reduce the risks of lost data and work
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* "Shirlene" wrote in ...
When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file
name? I'm using Word 2003.