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I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my
document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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http://gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm On 7/7/05 10:58 AM, "Bill" wrote: I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Daiya,
Please bear with me. I know very little about programming. It appears that you have solved the problem of the changing default drive. However, it also appears that the backup location is fixed to one location. I need to be able to change to a new location during the save process; much like the "Save As" function does. If I could figure out how to get the "File/Send To" command to let me enter or browse for a new location, that would work just fine. Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: See he http://gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm On 7/7/05 10:58 AM, "Bill" wrote: I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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It's not my page, and I probably don't know much more about programming than
you. Perhaps Graham Mayor will come along and help, it's his page. Alternatively, you could take the page and your problem along to a group with VBA or Programming in the name (but also Word), and ask there. I'm sure there's a way to adapt the macro to ask you where, but I haven't a clue how. Or just explain your problem there and perhaps they can help with the File | Send To approach. Why do you need to change to a new location during the Save process? How often are you anticipating changing locations? E.g., let's say you have access to different network drives depending on your location, you could duplicate the macro and use a different one depending on place. Or is it that you want to sort your backups into folders as you are saving them? Daiya On 7/8/05 6:05 AM, "Bill" wrote: Daiya, Please bear with me. I know very little about programming. It appears that you have solved the problem of the changing default drive. However, it also appears that the backup location is fixed to one location. I need to be able to change to a new location during the save process; much like the "Save As" function does. If I could figure out how to get the "File/Send To" command to let me enter or browse for a new location, that would work just fine. Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: See he http://gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm On 7/7/05 10:58 AM, "Bill" wrote: I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Perhaps my wording was a little misleading. For the documents I'm doing, I
need to save in two locations; once for me on my local drive and once to a network drive for someone else to access. I also might save more that once if I'm doing a long editing job. Save As is irritating for this purpose because it changes the default location along with the save. I've been using Open|right click on filename|Copy|navigate to save location|Paste. This is not all that much trouble. I was just looking for something a little smoother. Thanks for the advice. Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: It's not my page, and I probably don't know much more about programming than you. Perhaps Graham Mayor will come along and help, it's his page. Alternatively, you could take the page and your problem along to a group with VBA or Programming in the name (but also Word), and ask there. I'm sure there's a way to adapt the macro to ask you where, but I haven't a clue how. Or just explain your problem there and perhaps they can help with the File | Send To approach. Why do you need to change to a new location during the Save process? How often are you anticipating changing locations? E.g., let's say you have access to different network drives depending on your location, you could duplicate the macro and use a different one depending on place. Or is it that you want to sort your backups into folders as you are saving them? Daiya On 7/8/05 6:05 AM, "Bill" wrote: Daiya, Please bear with me. I know very little about programming. It appears that you have solved the problem of the changing default drive. However, it also appears that the backup location is fixed to one location. I need to be able to change to a new location during the save process; much like the "Save As" function does. If I could figure out how to get the "File/Send To" command to let me enter or browse for a new location, that would work just fine. Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: See he http://gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm On 7/7/05 10:58 AM, "Bill" wrote: I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Given this further detail, I think you could save a bit of time by adding
both file paths to the Windows Send To menu so you could use them in File | Open. -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message ... Perhaps my wording was a little misleading. For the documents I'm doing, I need to save in two locations; once for me on my local drive and once to a network drive for someone else to access. I also might save more that once if I'm doing a long editing job. Save As is irritating for this purpose because it changes the default location along with the save. I've been using Open|right click on filename|Copy|navigate to save location|Paste. This is not all that much trouble. I was just looking for something a little smoother. Thanks for the advice. Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: It's not my page, and I probably don't know much more about programming than you. Perhaps Graham Mayor will come along and help, it's his page. Alternatively, you could take the page and your problem along to a group with VBA or Programming in the name (but also Word), and ask there. I'm sure there's a way to adapt the macro to ask you where, but I haven't a clue how. Or just explain your problem there and perhaps they can help with the File | Send To approach. Why do you need to change to a new location during the Save process? How often are you anticipating changing locations? E.g., let's say you have access to different network drives depending on your location, you could duplicate the macro and use a different one depending on place. Or is it that you want to sort your backups into folders as you are saving them? Daiya On 7/8/05 6:05 AM, "Bill" wrote: Daiya, Please bear with me. I know very little about programming. It appears that you have solved the problem of the changing default drive. However, it also appears that the backup location is fixed to one location. I need to be able to change to a new location during the save process; much like the "Save As" function does. If I could figure out how to get the "File/Send To" command to let me enter or browse for a new location, that would work just fine. Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: See he http://gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm On 7/7/05 10:58 AM, "Bill" wrote: I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Well, now I'm confused. The page I suggested gives you a way to save the
document to 2 separate locations with just one click on a toolbar, as many times as you want. It sounds as though that *would* meet your needs, so why didn't the page solve everything? Did you get as far as scrolling down to the part headed "Save document to two locations"? The page also has a link to tell you how to use the code. Was it unclear that you can substitute in your own filepath for the one in the code? Not that using File | Send To twice wouldn't presumably work equally as well. On 7/8/05 12:29 PM, "Bill" wrote: Perhaps my wording was a little misleading. For the documents I'm doing, I need to save in two locations; once for me on my local drive and once to a network drive for someone else to access. I also might save more that once if I'm doing a long editing job. Save As is irritating for this purpose because it changes the default location along with the save. I've been using Open|right click on filename|Copy|navigate to save location|Paste. This is not all that much trouble. I was just looking for something a little smoother. Thanks for the advice. Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: It's not my page, and I probably don't know much more about programming than you. Perhaps Graham Mayor will come along and help, it's his page. Alternatively, you could take the page and your problem along to a group with VBA or Programming in the name (but also Word), and ask there. I'm sure there's a way to adapt the macro to ask you where, but I haven't a clue how. Or just explain your problem there and perhaps they can help with the File | Send To approach. Why do you need to change to a new location during the Save process? How often are you anticipating changing locations? E.g., let's say you have access to different network drives depending on your location, you could duplicate the macro and use a different one depending on place. Or is it that you want to sort your backups into folders as you are saving them? Daiya On 7/8/05 6:05 AM, "Bill" wrote: Daiya, Please bear with me. I know very little about programming. It appears that you have solved the problem of the changing default drive. However, it also appears that the backup location is fixed to one location. I need to be able to change to a new location during the save process; much like the "Save As" function does. If I could figure out how to get the "File/Send To" command to let me enter or browse for a new location, that would work just fine. Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: See he http://gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm On 7/7/05 10:58 AM, "Bill" wrote: I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Send To will work just fine. Usually all drives are already on the Send To
menu, but if you don't find the one you want, create a shortcut to that drive and put it in the Send To folder of Windows at (typically) C:\Documents and Settings\Username\SENDTO -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message ... I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Suzanne,
Send To works to a point. It seems that one must put a complete path into \documents and settings\username. It does not give you the opportunity to select a path during the save process (which is what I want to do because I don't always want the files in the same location). Also, this only works when you select the command Open then right click on a file name and select Send To. I think the only way you can affect changes to the File/Send To is through the tool bar customize feature and I can't figure how to include this kind of command there. Thanks, Bill "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Send To will work just fine. Usually all drives are already on the Send To menu, but if you don't find the one you want, create a shortcut to that drive and put it in the Send To folder of Windows at (typically) C:\Documents and Settings\Username\SENDTO -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message ... I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Ah, no, there is no way (short, possibly, of VBA) to add to the options on
the File | Send To menu in Word. But once you have saved the file, you can use the right-click Send To in the File Open dialog, as you say. And yes, you do have to have a full path to the desired folder. I use this, for example, to send copies of frequently updated documents to a folder in one of my Web sites. -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message news Suzanne, Send To works to a point. It seems that one must put a complete path into \documents and settings\username. It does not give you the opportunity to select a path during the save process (which is what I want to do because I don't always want the files in the same location). Also, this only works when you select the command Open then right click on a file name and select Send To. I think the only way you can affect changes to the File/Send To is through the tool bar customize feature and I can't figure how to include this kind of command there. Thanks, Bill "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Send To will work just fine. Usually all drives are already on the Send To menu, but if you don't find the one you want, create a shortcut to that drive and put it in the Send To folder of Windows at (typically) C:\Documents and Settings\Username\SENDTO -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message ... I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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Thanks for trying. It seems like I'm always trying to do something that
seems like it ought to be simple but isn't. Bill "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, no, there is no way (short, possibly, of VBA) to add to the options on the File | Send To menu in Word. But once you have saved the file, you can use the right-click Send To in the File Open dialog, as you say. And yes, you do have to have a full path to the desired folder. I use this, for example, to send copies of frequently updated documents to a folder in one of my Web sites. -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message news Suzanne, Send To works to a point. It seems that one must put a complete path into \documents and settings\username. It does not give you the opportunity to select a path during the save process (which is what I want to do because I don't always want the files in the same location). Also, this only works when you select the command Open then right click on a file name and select Send To. I think the only way you can affect changes to the File/Send To is through the tool bar customize feature and I can't figure how to include this kind of command there. Thanks, Bill "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Send To will work just fine. Usually all drives are already on the Send To menu, but if you don't find the one you want, create a shortcut to that drive and put it in the Send To folder of Windows at (typically) C:\Documents and Settings\Username\SENDTO -- 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. "Bill" wrote in message ... I want to keep a running copy of my work in Word 2003. After saving my document on my local drive, what is the quickest and easiest way to save it again to either a floppy or network drive without (and this is the important part) changing the default drive. It looks like "Send To" might serve this purpose but I can't figure out how to put in or browse for a new pathname. Thanks, Bill |
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