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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck.
Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc extension displayed? Many thanks. Bert Coules |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that
counts. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Bert Coules" wrote in message et... I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck. Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc extension displayed? Many thanks. Bert Coules |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
It's a Windows option:
Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK. On Oct 3, 9:20*am, "Bert Coules" wrote: I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck. Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc extension displayed? Many thanks. Bert Coules |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
But no one would advise this as it is a security risk. It is a Microsoft
idiots' feature. If you hide file extensions and someone sends you a virus named such as virus.txt.exe, you will only see virus.txt and open it for a big surprise. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Reitanos" wrote in message ... It's a Windows option: Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK. On Oct 3, 9:20 am, "Bert Coules" wrote: I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck. Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc extension displayed? Many thanks. Bert Coules |
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Reitanos wrote:
Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK. Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if there's no alternative. JoAnn Paules wrote: You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that counts. But this isn't an icon, is it? It's the actual document, saved on the desktop. If I delete the .doc extension, it won't open unless I specify Word in the dialogue box that crops up. And there doesn't seem to be the old option of "always use this program to open files of this sort", presumably because without an extension, there isn't a sort for the file to belong to. Bert |
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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
... Reitanos wrote: Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK. Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if there's no alternative. May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show? |
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Oops - sorry. I was thinking you meant a shortcut.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Bert Coules" wrote in message ... Reitanos wrote: Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK. Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if there's no alternative. JoAnn Paules wrote: You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that counts. But this isn't an icon, is it? It's the actual document, saved on the desktop. If I delete the .doc extension, it won't open unless I specify Word in the dialogue box that crops up. And there doesn't seem to be the old option of "always use this program to open files of this sort", presumably because without an extension, there isn't a sort for the file to belong to. Bert |
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Gordon wrote:
May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show? It isn't imperative, merely desirable. As an alternative - and I'm sure that this is possible, though once again I can't find the instructions for love nor money - how do I configure Word 2000 so that it opens with a particular document already loaded? Bert |
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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
... Gordon wrote: May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show? It isn't imperative, merely desirable. Why? |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Why?
Why do you want to know? Bert |
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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
news Why? Why do you want to know? Bert Because it seems to me that you are making a mountain out of a molehill. The fact that a document saved to the desktop (and, BTW, the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data) shows the .doc extension to me is just something to ignore. I wouldn't even think about it. |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Save the document in the My Documents folder (or somewhere else reasonable).
Put a shortcut to the document on the desktop. You can name that shortcut anything you like. When you double-click on it, Word will open with that document loaded. Alternatively, you can add a shortcut to a template, and Word will start with a document based on that template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bert Coules" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote: May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show? It isn't imperative, merely desirable. As an alternative - and I'm sure that this is possible, though once again I can't find the instructions for love nor money - how do I configure Word 2000 so that it opens with a particular document already loaded? Bert |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Suzanne,
Thanks very much for that. I don't believe I've ever created a shortcut to a template, but it sounds like a good approach for what I need. Bert |
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the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. If the user wants to put regularly used documents there, that surely is a matter for him? The displaying of document extensions is another matter entirely. If you don't want an extension, it might be better to put a link to the file on the desktop. You can name the link whatever you wish. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
... the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it can do. |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Gordon wrote:
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it can do. I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics than practice. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics
than practice. That could well be the case. I certainly wouldn't want my desktop cluttered with documents, but I can understand how it might be convenient for some users who don't keep Word open all the time and consequently don't have the Work menu or File menu handy (though they could use Start | Documents). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote: "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it can do. I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics than practice. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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