[WOLLAM]

It seems every time I search for a .doc I find two copies of several
documents: one copy where I 'Saved As', one copy in the My Documents folder.
Is there a shortcut to eliminate these extra 'My Documents' copies?
Additionally, is there a way to avoid this in the future? It doesn't seem to
happen too often with my Excel files. Thank you in advance for any and all
help.
Dan

[Graham Mayor]

If you save an already saved document somewhere else using SaveAs then of
course you will have two copies. The one you saved as and the original - or
are you describing something else?.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


WOLLAM wrote:
It seems every time I search for a .doc I find two copies of several
documents: one copy where I 'Saved As', one copy in the My Documents
folder. Is there a shortcut to eliminate these extra 'My Documents'
copies? Additionally, is there a way to avoid this in the future? It
doesn't seem to happen too often with my Excel files. Thank you in
advance for any and all help.
Dan

[WOLLAM]

No, these are not, to the best of knowledge, documents I had previously saved
in My Documents. I just saved a test .doc and then ran a search. Her are
the locations of the test file:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Taxes ('Taxes' is the 'Saved As'
folder)
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Recent
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent
Thanks for your help,
Dan

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you save an already saved document somewhere else using SaveAs then of
course you will have two copies. The one you saved as and the original - or
are you describing something else?.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


WOLLAM wrote:
It seems every time I search for a .doc I find two copies of several
documents: one copy where I 'Saved As', one copy in the My Documents
folder. Is there a shortcut to eliminate these extra 'My Documents'
copies? Additionally, is there a way to avoid this in the future? It
doesn't seem to happen too often with my Excel files. Thank you in
advance for any and all help.
Dan

[Graham Mayor]

The recent entries are merely links to the file. There is only one copy of
the document.
Windows continuously stores all sorts of information about your activities
both on disc and in the registry. This is not a function of Word, but of
Windows. To what extent you can control what is saved, you can ask in a
Windows Forum, but it is probably easier to clear out the recent folders now
and again.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




WOLLAM wrote:
No, these are not, to the best of knowledge, documents I had
previously saved in My Documents. I just saved a test .doc and then
ran a search. Her are the locations of the test file:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Taxes ('Taxes' is the 'Saved
As' folder)
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Recent
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent Thanks for your help,
Dan

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you save an already saved document somewhere else using SaveAs
then of course you will have two copies. The one you saved as and
the original - or are you describing something else?.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


WOLLAM wrote:
It seems every time I search for a .doc I find two copies of several
documents: one copy where I 'Saved As', one copy in the My Documents
folder. Is there a shortcut to eliminate these extra 'My Documents'
copies? Additionally, is there a way to avoid this in the future?
It doesn't seem to happen too often with my Excel files. Thank you
in advance for any and all help.
Dan

[WOLLAM]

Thanks Graham. I'll work on the Recent folder for now. If I need more
assistance I'll head over to the Windows forum.
Dan

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The recent entries are merely links to the file. There is only one copy of
the document.
Windows continuously stores all sorts of information about your activities
both on disc and in the registry. This is not a function of Word, but of
Windows. To what extent you can control what is saved, you can ask in a
Windows Forum, but it is probably easier to clear out the recent folders now
and again.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




WOLLAM wrote:
No, these are not, to the best of knowledge, documents I had
previously saved in My Documents. I just saved a test .doc and then
ran a search. Her are the locations of the test file:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Taxes ('Taxes' is the 'Saved
As' folder)
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Recent
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent Thanks for your help,
Dan

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If you save an already saved document somewhere else using SaveAs
then of course you will have two copies. The one you saved as and
the original - or are you describing something else?.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


WOLLAM wrote:
It seems every time I search for a .doc I find two copies of several
documents: one copy where I 'Saved As', one copy in the My Documents
folder. Is there a shortcut to eliminate these extra 'My Documents'
copies? Additionally, is there a way to avoid this in the future?
It doesn't seem to happen too often with my Excel files. Thank you
in advance for any and all help.
Dan