Bearing in mind that the files are not really deleted from your computer,
but merely the filing system no longer points to them when you 'delete' them
then a better file management system would be advisable.

Personally, I would create separate folders - one for each working day -
under the main documents folder, then each day use the appropriate folder to
save your work. You can then delete all files from that folder. If security
is an issue then password protect the documents. Words encryption is very
effective.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




Teri D MT wrote:
Sam, thank you for your reply! I will indeed download the file you
suggest. And just to clarify my question for you or others who might
read this: We type dictation on individual patients, so we may have
for instance 20 files on 20 different patients, none of which we are
allowed to keep in our computers due to confidentiality issues. So
what I'm trying to make is a macro that would automatically go to the
files typed today and delete them all. But you may be right, that
Word is not really made to have this function. I'll try your
suggestion, and thank you again!
Teri

"Sam Hobbs" wrote:

I think the question is not clear. Specifically, I initially thought
that you were asking how to delete text in a Word document, but then
you say "delete files".

I am not a Word expert, but I doubt that there is anything in the
Word interface for deleting files. In other words, do you know how
use Word to delete a file without a macro? If so, then the answer to
your question is that you can record a macro to do what you need to
do. (Actually, it might not be as easy as that, since the filenames
are likely different, but that probably does not matter.)

Word is probably not the best tool for that; you can write a script
to do what you need to do. Whether you write a script or a Word
macro, the solution is probably the same in terms of the functions
used and such. Look at the Microsoft TechNet: Script Center at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...r/default.mspx

One very useful thing you can do in particular is download the
TechNet Script Center Sample Scripts as one help file; to do that,
see the page I reference above; I just want to emphasize that it is
worthwhile doing (downloading).



"Teri D MT" wrote in message
...
Hello! I am trying to help some of my coworkers learn to use Word.
Since we
type medical info, we are not allowed to keep patient information
on our computers (we work at home for a hospital). I would like to
make a macro that we could run that would automatically find and
delete all the dictation
that we typed that day so that it will not stay in our computers. I
myself
of course know how to delete files manually, but some of the newer
users are
petrified of trying anything, so I'd like to make them a macro to
do it for
them until they get a little more used to Word. Thank you for any
help. --
Teri D MT