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time spent editing?
Long ago, there was discussion of a notation somewhere in a Word
document file that tells you how long (cumulatively) a document has been open. It wouldn't be useful for billing, because it doesn't tell you how long you actually worked on a file, but it could give a general idea of time spent if you remember to close it after each session. I can't find such a thing under "Properties," nor anywhere else one might plausibly look. Word2007, but a Compatibility Mode .doc. Is that reckoning available somewhere? |
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So I searched the group archive and found this message (referring to
Word97!) from Graham Mayor in 2000: "Have a look at the DocProperty field - the 'total editing time' option might be what you require. This will show the time in minutes on opening the file." Incredibly, entering "DocProperty" in Word Help (2007) turned up exactly one response, which directed me to exactly what I was looking for: Office button Prepare Properties Document Properties Advanced Properties Statistics On Mar 30, 11:07*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Long ago, there was discussion of a notation somewhere in a Word document file that tells you how long (cumulatively) a document has been open. It wouldn't be useful for billing, because it doesn't tell you how long you actually worked on a file, but it could give a general idea of time spent if you remember to close it after each session. I can't find such a thing under "Properties," nor anywhere else one might plausibly look. Word2007, but a Compatibility Mode .doc. Is that reckoning available somewhere? |
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(But Customize the Ribbon won't get me any closer to it than
"Properties.") On Apr 2, 9:01*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: So I searched the group archive and found this message (referring to Word97!) from Graham Mayor in 2000: "Have a look at the DocProperty field - the 'total editing time' option might be what you require. This will show the time in minutes on opening the file." Incredibly, entering "DocProperty" in Word Help (2007) turned up exactly one response, which directed me to exactly what I was looking for: Office button Prepare Properties Document Properties Advanced Properties Statistics On Mar 30, 11:07*am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Long ago, there was discussion of a notation somewhere in a Word document file that tells you how long (cumulatively) a document has been open. It wouldn't be useful for billing, because it doesn't tell you how long you actually worked on a file, but it could give a general idea of time spent if you remember to close it after each session. I can't find such a thing under "Properties," nor anywhere else one might plausibly look. Word2007, but a Compatibility Mode .doc. Is that reckoning available somewhere? |
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It's still in Properties, on the Statistics tab ("Total editing time"). The
trick is to actually access that dialog. Ultimately, your best bet is to go to Office Button | Word Options | Customize Quick Access Tool Bar, select "Commands Not in the Ribbon," look for "Advanced Document Properties," and add it to the QAT. Until you do that, however, if you have the Developer tab displayed, you can open the Document Panel (bypassing the useless intervening dialog by clicking OK without filling any boxes) and then click on the useless Document Properties arrow, which gives you a menu of (only) "Advanced Properties." This opens the familiar dialog. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Long ago, there was discussion of a notation somewhere in a Word document file that tells you how long (cumulatively) a document has been open. It wouldn't be useful for billing, because it doesn't tell you how long you actually worked on a file, but it could give a general idea of time spent if you remember to close it after each session. I can't find such a thing under "Properties," nor anywhere else one might plausibly look. Word2007, but a Compatibility Mode .doc. Is that reckoning available somewhere? |
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See my reply to your earlier post.
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... (But Customize the Ribbon won't get me any closer to it than "Properties.") On Apr 2, 9:01 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: So I searched the group archive and found this message (referring to Word97!) from Graham Mayor in 2000: "Have a look at the DocProperty field - the 'total editing time' option might be what you require. This will show the time in minutes on opening the file." Incredibly, entering "DocProperty" in Word Help (2007) turned up exactly one response, which directed me to exactly what I was looking for: Office button Prepare Properties Document Properties Advanced Properties Statistics On Mar 30, 11:07 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Long ago, there was discussion of a notation somewhere in a Word document file that tells you how long (cumulatively) a document has been open. It wouldn't be useful for billing, because it doesn't tell you how long you actually worked on a file, but it could give a general idea of time spent if you remember to close it after each session. I can't find such a thing under "Properties," nor anywhere else one might plausibly look. Word2007, but a Compatibility Mode .doc. Is that reckoning available somewhere? |
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That saves all but one click, so it's a considerable improvement.
Merci beaucoup. But there's a much easier way to get at customizing the QAT: at the right end of the QAT is a double down-pointing chevron. Click that. Near the bottom of its list is something like "More Commands," which opens the large QAT customization panel. On Apr 14, 1:57*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It's still in Properties, on the Statistics tab ("Total editing time"). The trick is to actually access that dialog. Ultimately, your best bet is to go to Office Button | Word Options | Customize Quick Access Tool Bar, select "Commands Not in the Ribbon," look for "Advanced Document Properties," and add it to the QAT. Until you do that, however, if you have the Developer tab displayed, you can open the Document Panel (bypassing the useless intervening dialog by clicking OK without filling any boxes) and then click on the useless Document Properties arrow, which gives you a menu of (only) "Advanced Properties." This opens the familiar dialog. "Peter T. Daniels" *wrote in ... Long ago, there was discussion of a notation somewhere in a Word document file that tells you how long (cumulatively) a document has been open. It wouldn't be useful for billing, because it doesn't tell you how long you actually worked on a file, but it could give a general idea of time spent if you remember to close it after each session. I can't find such a thing under "Properties," nor anywhere else one might plausibly look. Word2007, but a Compatibility Mode .doc. Is that reckoning available somewhere? |
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