I'm having difficulty saving a file in a format not included in the "Save as
type:" list when I use "Save As...". I am saving the file as a Plain Text
(*.txt) file but I don't actually want the .txt file extension. So, I change
the type to Plain Text, go to rename the file name in the File name: text box
with my preferred file extension (eg. *.abc) and finally hit the Save button.
However, my problem lies here. Upon hitting the Save button I can see that
the *.txt file extension has been appended to the file name I specified.

It is a real pain in the butt to have to go to windows explorer and actually
rename the file each time I do this (for I am doing this fairly often) but I
can't find the option to stop this from happening.

Looking for instructions on disabling this automatic feature. I know it's
possible for I'm running two of the same versions of Word on two computers
with the same operating systems (Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Office Word
2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1)

Thanks for your time.

Put quotation marks around the filename (e.g., "filename.abc").

Shmaff wrote:

I'm having difficulty saving a file in a format not included in the "Save as
type:" list when I use "Save As...". I am saving the file as a Plain Text
(*.txt) file but I don't actually want the .txt file extension. So, I change
the type to Plain Text, go to rename the file name in the File name: text box
with my preferred file extension (eg. *.abc) and finally hit the Save button.
However, my problem lies here. Upon hitting the Save button I can see that
the *.txt file extension has been appended to the file name I specified.

It is a real pain in the butt to have to go to windows explorer and actually
rename the file each time I do this (for I am doing this fairly often) but I
can't find the option to stop this from happening.

Looking for instructions on disabling this automatic feature. I know it's
possible for I'm running two of the same versions of Word on two computers
with the same operating systems (Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Office Word
2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1)

Thanks for your time.

Okay, sure that works pretty well. Still interested in finding an option
that will let me do this properly.

Thanks for the help, garfield-n-odie!


"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Put quotation marks around the filename (e.g., "filename.abc").

Shmaff wrote:

I'm having difficulty saving a file in a format not included in the "Save as
type:" list when I use "Save As...". I am saving the file as a Plain Text
(*.txt) file but I don't actually want the .txt file extension. So, I change
the type to Plain Text, go to rename the file name in the File name: text box
with my preferred file extension (eg. *.abc) and finally hit the Save button.
However, my problem lies here. Upon hitting the Save button I can see that
the *.txt file extension has been appended to the file name I specified.

It is a real pain in the butt to have to go to windows explorer and actually
rename the file each time I do this (for I am doing this fairly often) but I
can't find the option to stop this from happening.

Looking for instructions on disabling this automatic feature. I know it's
possible for I'm running two of the same versions of Word on two computers
with the same operating systems (Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Office Word
2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1)

Thanks for your time.

It is working properly. This is not configurable and is determined by the
export filters.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Shmaff wrote:
Okay, sure that works pretty well. Still interested in finding an
option that will let me do this properly.

Thanks for the help, garfield-n-odie!


"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Put quotation marks around the filename (e.g., "filename.abc").

Shmaff wrote:

I'm having difficulty saving a file in a format not included in the
"Save as type:" list when I use "Save As...". I am saving the file
as a Plain Text (*.txt) file but I don't actually want the .txt
file extension. So, I change the type to Plain Text, go to rename
the file name in the File name: text box with my preferred file
extension (eg. *.abc) and finally hit the Save button. However, my
problem lies here. Upon hitting the Save button I can see that the
*.txt file extension has been appended to the file name I
specified.

It is a real pain in the butt to have to go to windows explorer and
actually rename the file each time I do this (for I am doing this
fairly often) but I can't find the option to stop this from
happening.

Looking for instructions on disabling this automatic feature. I
know it's possible for I'm running two of the same versions of Word
on two computers with the same operating systems (Windows XP
Service Pack 2 and Office Word 2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1)

Thanks for your time.