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automated 'Save as..' after 1 minute.
It would probably be simpler if you saved the types of documents you use in
this manner as templates. Then new documents created from them would always require new names. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Kaïn wrote: Many times I use an older document as a basis for the document I am working on. In order not to inadverterly save OVER that document, I would like to make a (n automated) macro that prompts me to Save my current document As .. (with possiblity to keep current name or use an other one), after like 1 minute or so. I have however no clue as how to to such a thing. I think the SaveReminder add-in from Graham Mayor's site (http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm) (GREAT tool BTW) can be used as a basis, but my knowledge of this programming language is too limited to make the macro myself. My thanks to anyone who can help me with this. Kaïn |
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On reflection the following two lines added to an AutoOpen macro would
prompt you to save all documents with a new name on opening Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: It would probably be simpler if you saved the types of documents you use in this manner as templates. Then new documents created from them would always require new names. Kaïn wrote: Many times I use an older document as a basis for the document I am working on. In order not to inadverterly save OVER that document, I would like to make a (n automated) macro that prompts me to Save my current document As .. (with possiblity to keep current name or use an other one), after like 1 minute or so. I have however no clue as how to to such a thing. I think the SaveReminder add-in from Graham Mayor's site (http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm) (GREAT tool BTW) can be used as a basis, but my knowledge of this programming language is too limited to make the macro myself. My thanks to anyone who can help me with this. Kaïn |
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If you are using Word 2002 or 2003, you can use your document as a template.
In the New Document task pane, choose "From existing document..." and select your document. This will create a new document based on your old one, but it will need to be named the first time you save it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Kaïn" wrote in message ... Many times I use an older document as a basis for the document I am working on. In order not to inadverterly save OVER that document, I would like to make a (n automated) macro that prompts me to Save my current document As .. (with possiblity to keep current name or use an other one), after like 1 minute or so. I have however no clue as how to to such a thing. I think the SaveReminder add-in from Graham Mayor's site (http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm) (GREAT tool BTW) can be used as a basis, but my knowledge of this programming language is too limited to make the macro myself. My thanks to anyone who can help me with this. Kaïn |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:44:06 -0000, "Graham Mayor"
wrote: It would probably be simpler if you saved the types of documents you use in this manner as templates. Then new documents created from them would always require new names. I re-use documents but never quite know which ones they will be. Making a template every time would be 'overkill'. Not a bad suggestion for other uses though. |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:43:13 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote: If you are using Word 2002 or 2003, you can use your document as a template. In the New Document task pane, choose "From existing document..." and select your document. This will create a new document based on your old one, but it will need to be named the first time you save it. I could do that, but Mr Mayor already gave me a solution that better suits my needs. Thanks for the suggestion though. Kaïn |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:43:13 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote: If you are using Word 2002 or 2003, you can use your document as a template. In the New Document task pane, choose "From existing document..." and select your document. This will create a new document based on your old one, but it will need to be named the first time you save it. I could do that, but Mr Mayor already gave me a solution that better suits my needs. Thanks for the suggestion though. Kaïn |
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