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

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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