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What is % in a file name?
When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file
name? I'm using Word 2003. Thanks |
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What is % in a file name?
Don't use spaces?
"Shirlene" wrote in message ... : When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file : name? I'm using Word 2003. : : Thanks |
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What is % in a file name?
Never ever read from, write to, or print from floppy with Word. These are
the most certain methods of ensuring document corruption. Save to the hard disc and COPY the document to the floppy.. This is equally relevant to other removable media such as CDRW. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Shirlene wrote: When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file name? I'm using Word 2003. Thanks |
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What is % in a file name?
Hi Shirlene,
For Word's web compatibility features Word documents, when saved to the root folder, example A:\ , are saved by Word with a replacement for each space in the file name with %20 which is the encoding for a 'space' character. Other punctuation characters may also be replaced with % leader entity characters. You don't normally see this on your hard drive because you're saving in a non root folder such as C:\My Documents\ If you create a folder on your diskette (however see Graham's message) and save there you should no longer see the replacement of space characters. If you do choose to work with removable media when using Word be sure that 1. You have the removable media in place when you start Word and don't change diskettes, thumbdrives, chips, etc while Word is open. 2. That in Tools=Options=Save you permanently (a) Turn Off - Allow Fast Saves (b) Turn On - 'Make local copy...' 3. In Tools=Options=General you permanently Turn On 'Confirm Conversions at Open' To somewhat reduce the risks of lost data and work ============== "Shirlene" wrote in message ... When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file name? I'm using Word 2003. Thanks -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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What is % in a file name?
When I was having my templates problem, Jay gave some filepaths that
included % as fences around parts of the string, and the abbreviated string took me right to both of the (hidden?) folders containing templates (the Templates folder and the Word Startup folder). So % also performs some sort of abbreviating and guiding function. On Nov 4, 2:36*pm, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote: Hi Shirlene, For Word's web compatibility features Word documents, when saved to the root folder, example A:\ , are saved by *Word with a replacement for *each space in the file name with * * %20 which is the encoding for a 'space' character. * Other punctuation characters may also be replaced with *% *leader entity characters. You don't normally see this on your hard drive because you're saving in a non root folder such as C:\My Documents\ If you create a folder on your diskette (however see Graham's message) and save there you should no longer see the replacement of space characters. If you do choose to work with removable media when using Word be sure that *1. You have the removable media in place when you start Word and don't change diskettes, thumbdrives, chips, etc while Word is open. *2. That in Tools=Options=Save * * you permanently * * (a) Turn Off - Allow Fast Saves * * (b) Turn On - *'Make local copy...' *3. In Tools=Options=General * * you permanently Turn On * * *'Confirm Conversions at Open' To somewhat reduce the risks of lost data and work ============== * "Shirlene" wrote in ... When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file name? I'm using Word 2003. |
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What is % in a file name?
That's something different. When you type % signs both before and after a
word -- but only in certain places such as the address bar of Windows Explorer and certain places in a command window -- then Windows tries to look up that word in the list of environment variables. If the word is the name of an existing variable, the expression is replaced by the value of the variable. You can see the list of variables by opening a command window, typing SET, and pressing Enter. The one I had mentioned before is %appdata%, whose value is the path to a hidden folder. On Windows XP it points to C:\Documents and Settings\profile name\Application Data, and in Windows Vista it points to C:\Users\profile name\AppData\Roaming. So it's convenient in two ways: it takes you to the folder even though it's hidden, and you don't have to know the profile name or remember the different forms of the path on different Windows versions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. grammatim wrote: When I was having my templates problem, Jay gave some filepaths that included % as fences around parts of the string, and the abbreviated string took me right to both of the (hidden?) folders containing templates (the Templates folder and the Word Startup folder). So % also performs some sort of abbreviating and guiding function. On Nov 4, 2:36 pm, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote: Hi Shirlene, For Word's web compatibility features Word documents, when saved to the root folder, example A:\ , are saved by Word with a replacement for each space in the file name with %20 which is the encoding for a 'space' character. Other punctuation characters may also be replaced with % leader entity characters. You don't normally see this on your hard drive because you're saving in a non root folder such as C:\My Documents\ If you create a folder on your diskette (however see Graham's message) and save there you should no longer see the replacement of space characters. If you do choose to work with removable media when using Word be sure that 1. You have the removable media in place when you start Word and don't change diskettes, thumbdrives, chips, etc while Word is open. 2. That in Tools=Options=Save you permanently (a) Turn Off - Allow Fast Saves (b) Turn On - 'Make local copy...' 3. In Tools=Options=General you permanently Turn On 'Confirm Conversions at Open' To somewhat reduce the risks of lost data and work ============== "Shirlene" wrote in ... When we save a file to a diskette, how can you avoid seeing % in the file name? I'm using Word 2003. |
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