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default save setting won't stay
Using Word 2007. I have set the default "save as" option to Word 2003. It
works fine during any one session, but when I exit Word and come back in, the default is back to the .docx setting. What am I missing??? |
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default save setting won't stay
"BK" wrote in message
... Using Word 2007. I have set the default "save as" option to Word 2003. It works fine during any one session, but when I exit Word and come back in, the default is back to the .docx setting. What am I missing??? There is no default "Save As" setting but there is a default "Save" setting. is that what you really mean? |
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default save setting won't stay
Okay, yes I mean the default "save" setting. But I'm talking about the
default "save as type" setting if you want to get really specific. Thought it was clear from the question I was asking about the ".doc" vs. the ".docx" "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BK" wrote in message ... Using Word 2007. I have set the default "save as" option to Word 2003. It works fine during any one session, but when I exit Word and come back in, the default is back to the .docx setting. What am I missing??? There is no default "Save As" setting but there is a default "Save" setting. is that what you really mean? |
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"BK" wrote in message
... Okay, yes I mean the default "save" setting. But I'm talking about the default "save as type" setting if you want to get really specific. Thought it was clear from the question I was asking about the ".doc" vs. the ".docx" I think you are confused. You can set the default "SAVE" function to .doc. This means that any document you SAVE will be in .doc format. AFAIK there is no setting to make the "Save AS" a certain type - that's the idea of "Save As".....you choose the format you want to save as..... |
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The initial save for any document is a Save As, and the default type that is
presented in the "Files of type" dialog is determined by the default save format. This will also be the file type selected as the default if you use Save As on an existing document to save it under another name. There would be no point in setting a default for the file type used when you just Save, since that is always the same as the one used for the initial Save As. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BK" wrote in message ... Okay, yes I mean the default "save" setting. But I'm talking about the default "save as type" setting if you want to get really specific. Thought it was clear from the question I was asking about the ".doc" vs. the ".docx" I think you are confused. You can set the default "SAVE" function to .doc. This means that any document you SAVE will be in .doc format. AFAIK there is no setting to make the "Save AS" a certain type - that's the idea of "Save As".....you choose the format you want to save as..... |
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Here's what I've been doing. I click on the office button in the upper left
corner and go to Word Options. One of those options is the default file type which is .docx and I change it to .doc and click okay. It remains set to .doc until I exit Word. When I re-open Word, the default file type is back to the Word 2007 extension of .docx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The initial save for any document is a Save As, and the default type that is presented in the "Files of type" dialog is determined by the default save format. This will also be the file type selected as the default if you use Save As on an existing document to save it under another name. There would be no point in setting a default for the file type used when you just Save, since that is always the same as the one used for the initial Save As. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BK" wrote in message ... Okay, yes I mean the default "save" setting. But I'm talking about the default "save as type" setting if you want to get really specific. Thought it was clear from the question I was asking about the ".doc" vs. the ".docx" I think you are confused. You can set the default "SAVE" function to .doc. This means that any document you SAVE will be in .doc format. AFAIK there is no setting to make the "Save AS" a certain type - that's the idea of "Save As".....you choose the format you want to save as..... |
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default save setting won't stay
Assuming this is a Registry setting, then either it's for some reason not
sticking or, if you're in a corporate environment, it may be that the Registry is being wiped at startup. There are also some "Registry cleaners" that can cause more havoc than they do good. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BK" wrote in message ... Here's what I've been doing. I click on the office button in the upper left corner and go to Word Options. One of those options is the default file type which is .docx and I change it to .doc and click okay. It remains set to .doc until I exit Word. When I re-open Word, the default file type is back to the Word 2007 extension of .docx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The initial save for any document is a Save As, and the default type that is presented in the "Files of type" dialog is determined by the default save format. This will also be the file type selected as the default if you use Save As on an existing document to save it under another name. There would be no point in setting a default for the file type used when you just Save, since that is always the same as the one used for the initial Save As. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BK" wrote in message ... Okay, yes I mean the default "save" setting. But I'm talking about the default "save as type" setting if you want to get really specific. Thought it was clear from the question I was asking about the ".doc" vs. the ".docx" I think you are confused. You can set the default "SAVE" function to .doc. This means that any document you SAVE will be in .doc format. AFAIK there is no setting to make the "Save AS" a certain type - that's the idea of "Save As".....you choose the format you want to save as..... |
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default save setting won't stay
Thanks for the reply. At least I know where to start looking.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Assuming this is a Registry setting, then either it's for some reason not sticking or, if you're in a corporate environment, it may be that the Registry is being wiped at startup. There are also some "Registry cleaners" that can cause more havoc than they do good. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "BK" wrote in message ... Here's what I've been doing. I click on the office button in the upper left corner and go to Word Options. One of those options is the default file type which is .docx and I change it to .doc and click okay. It remains set to .doc until I exit Word. When I re-open Word, the default file type is back to the Word 2007 extension of .docx "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The initial save for any document is a Save As, and the default type that is presented in the "Files of type" dialog is determined by the default save format. This will also be the file type selected as the default if you use Save As on an existing document to save it under another name. There would be no point in setting a default for the file type used when you just Save, since that is always the same as the one used for the initial Save As. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Gordon" wrote in message ... "BK" wrote in message ... Okay, yes I mean the default "save" setting. But I'm talking about the default "save as type" setting if you want to get really specific. Thought it was clear from the question I was asking about the ".doc" vs. the ".docx" I think you are confused. You can set the default "SAVE" function to .doc. This means that any document you SAVE will be in .doc format. AFAIK there is no setting to make the "Save AS" a certain type - that's the idea of "Save As".....you choose the format you want to save as..... |
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