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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 |
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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/ |
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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 |
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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 |
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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/ |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Yes. I did scroll down to "Save in Two Locations". Yes. There is a link on
how to use the code. Yes. I understand that I can substitute the pathname I want. It appears to me (I don't understand programming, as I said) you then only have one path to use. What, I guess, I didn't make clear is that each document I do will have a different path to go to. I need to be able to change it "on the fly". If the program could be revised to have it prompt for a new pathname and/or allow you to browse for a path location (without changing your default location), that would make my ears perk up! I would like something to work exactly like "Save As" only without changing the default drive (I guess I would have saved a lot of time and typing if I had said it that way in the first place). Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: 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 |
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Yes. I did scroll down to "Save in Two Locations". Yes. There is a link on
how to use the code. Yes. I understand that I can substitute the pathname I want. It appears to me (I don't understand programming, as I said) you then only have one path to use. Yes, it would always be to the same backup location. Or if you rotated among 3 backup locations, you could use 3 separate version of the macro. What, I guess, I didn't make clear is that each document I do will have a different path to go to. Nope, that wasn't clear. Well it was, then you appeared to retract it. I need to be able to change it "on the fly". If the program could be revised to have it prompt for a new pathname and/or allow you to browse for a path location (without changing your default location), that would make my ears perk up! Oh it certainly *can* be changed, there just aren't many programming experts in this group to tell you how to do it. But as I said befo 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. Preferably, ask here, which is the beginning programming group: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...aspx?dg=micros oft.public.word.vba.beginners Good luck. DM |
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The original macro saves the document in the location it was opened from (or
if it hasn't previously been saved it will prompt for a filename and location). The backup location is the path defined in the macro. It should not be too difficult to arrange a secondary prompt for the backup path eg Sub SaveToTwoLocations() Dim strFileA As String Dim strFileB As String Dim strFileC As String Dim strPathA As String Dim StrPathB As String ActiveDocument.Save strFileA = ActiveDocument.Name With Dialogs(wdDialogCopyFile) If .Display 0 Then strPathA = .Directory Else MsgBox "Cancelled by User" Exit Sub End If End With StrPathB = Mid$(strPathA, 2, (Len(strPathA) - 2)) strFileB = StrPathB & "Backup of " & strFileA strFileC = ActiveDocument.FullName ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strFileB ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strFileC End Sub This saves the document in the current folder and provides an opportunity to choose the secondary folder. Don't use the macro to save to removable media! Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc and work on the document from there. 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 Bill wrote: Yes. I did scroll down to "Save in Two Locations". Yes. There is a link on how to use the code. Yes. I understand that I can substitute the pathname I want. It appears to me (I don't understand programming, as I said) you then only have one path to use. What, I guess, I didn't make clear is that each document I do will have a different path to go to. I need to be able to change it "on the fly". If the program could be revised to have it prompt for a new pathname and/or allow you to browse for a path location (without changing your default location), that would make my ears perk up! I would like something to work exactly like "Save As" only without changing the default drive (I guess I would have saved a lot of time and typing if I had said it that way in the first place). Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: 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 |
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Graham,
I've got this all copied and I'll try learn or find someone that knows what to do with it. Thanks to everyone for the help. Bill "Graham Mayor" wrote: The original macro saves the document in the location it was opened from (or if it hasn't previously been saved it will prompt for a filename and location). The backup location is the path defined in the macro. It should not be too difficult to arrange a secondary prompt for the backup path eg Sub SaveToTwoLocations() Dim strFileA As String Dim strFileB As String Dim strFileC As String Dim strPathA As String Dim StrPathB As String ActiveDocument.Save strFileA = ActiveDocument.Name With Dialogs(wdDialogCopyFile) If .Display 0 Then strPathA = .Directory Else MsgBox "Cancelled by User" Exit Sub End If End With StrPathB = Mid$(strPathA, 2, (Len(strPathA) - 2)) strFileB = StrPathB & "Backup of " & strFileA strFileC = ActiveDocument.FullName ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strFileB ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strFileC End Sub This saves the document in the current folder and provides an opportunity to choose the secondary folder. Don't use the macro to save to removable media! Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc and work on the document from there. 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 Bill wrote: Yes. I did scroll down to "Save in Two Locations". Yes. There is a link on how to use the code. Yes. I understand that I can substitute the pathname I want. It appears to me (I don't understand programming, as I said) you then only have one path to use. What, I guess, I didn't make clear is that each document I do will have a different path to go to. I need to be able to change it "on the fly". If the program could be revised to have it prompt for a new pathname and/or allow you to browse for a path location (without changing your default location), that would make my ears perk up! I would like something to work exactly like "Save As" only without changing the default drive (I guess I would have saved a lot of time and typing if I had said it that way in the first place). Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: 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 |
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-- 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 ... Graham, I've got this all copied and I'll try learn or find someone that knows what to do with it. Thanks to everyone for the help. Bill "Graham Mayor" wrote: The original macro saves the document in the location it was opened from (or if it hasn't previously been saved it will prompt for a filename and location). The backup location is the path defined in the macro. It should not be too difficult to arrange a secondary prompt for the backup path eg Sub SaveToTwoLocations() Dim strFileA As String Dim strFileB As String Dim strFileC As String Dim strPathA As String Dim StrPathB As String ActiveDocument.Save strFileA = ActiveDocument.Name With Dialogs(wdDialogCopyFile) If .Display 0 Then strPathA = .Directory Else MsgBox "Cancelled by User" Exit Sub End If End With StrPathB = Mid$(strPathA, 2, (Len(strPathA) - 2)) strFileB = StrPathB & "Backup of " & strFileA strFileC = ActiveDocument.FullName ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strFileB ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:=strFileC End Sub This saves the document in the current folder and provides an opportunity to choose the secondary folder. Don't use the macro to save to removable media! Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc and work on the document from there. 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 Bill wrote: Yes. I did scroll down to "Save in Two Locations". Yes. There is a link on how to use the code. Yes. I understand that I can substitute the pathname I want. It appears to me (I don't understand programming, as I said) you then only have one path to use. What, I guess, I didn't make clear is that each document I do will have a different path to go to. I need to be able to change it "on the fly". If the program could be revised to have it prompt for a new pathname and/or allow you to browse for a path location (without changing your default location), that would make my ears perk up! I would like something to work exactly like "Save As" only without changing the default drive (I guess I would have saved a lot of time and typing if I had said it that way in the first place). Thanks, Bill "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: 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 |
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