I have a macro to open a document but I want it to also give me the "save as"
screen right away. I tried this but can't click stop on the macro from the
"save as" screen. Thanks!

If you are opening a document and going immediately to Save As, your
document probably should be a template and you should be using File New.
Then the document on the screen will have all the text from your template
but will be a new document and the user will have to give it a new name to
save it. It is very difficult to write over the original template.

To get the SaveAs dialog box, you need to write code. If a template is not
what you want, write back and I or someone else will give you directions.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have a macro to open a document but I want it to also give me the "save
as"
screen right away. I tried this but can't click stop on the macro from
the
"save as" screen. Thanks!

Every initial save is a Save As, though.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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If you are opening a document and going immediately to Save As, your
document probably should be a template and you should be using File New.
Then the document on the screen will have all the text from your template
but will be a new document and the user will have to give it a new name to
save it. It is very difficult to write over the original template.

To get the SaveAs dialog box, you need to write code. If a template is not
what you want, write back and I or someone else will give you directions.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Sara" wrote in message
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I have a macro to open a document but I want it to also give me the "save
as"
screen right away. I tried this but can't click stop on the macro from
the
"save as" screen. Thanks!

Charles' and Suzanne's posts were each helpful. My problem was that,
although I had tried using a template, I wasn't opening it as a template.
Once I opened it as a template and it assigned Document # as the temporary
name, it gave me the save as screen even if I inadvertently clicked CTRL-S.
Now that I have my macro set up to open the template the proper way, I think
my problem is solved! Thanks!!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Every initial save is a Save As, though.

--
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.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
...
If you are opening a document and going immediately to Save As, your
document probably should be a template and you should be using File New.
Then the document on the screen will have all the text from your template
but will be a new document and the user will have to give it a new name to
save it. It is very difficult to write over the original template.

To get the SaveAs dialog box, you need to write code. If a template is not
what you want, write back and I or someone else will give you directions.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Sara" wrote in message
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I have a macro to open a document but I want it to also give me the "save
as"
screen right away. I tried this but can't click stop on the macro from
the
"save as" screen. Thanks!

Uhm - the proper way to use a template is to create an new document.

When you save that document you'll need to assign a name.

If it isn't working this way, and if you have a Word template, something is
wrong.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Sara" wrote in message
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Charles' and Suzanne's posts were each helpful. My problem was that,
although I had tried using a template, I wasn't opening it as a template.
Once I opened it as a template and it assigned Document # as the temporary
name, it gave me the save as screen even if I inadvertently clicked
CTRL-S.
Now that I have my macro set up to open the template the proper way, I
think
my problem is solved! Thanks!!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Every initial save is a Save As, though.

--
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.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
...
If you are opening a document and going immediately to Save As, your
document probably should be a template and you should be using File
New.
Then the document on the screen will have all the text from your
template
but will be a new document and the user will have to give it a new name
to
save it. It is very difficult to write over the original template.

To get the SaveAs dialog box, you need to write code. If a template is
not
what you want, write back and I or someone else will give you
directions.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Sara" wrote in message
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I have a macro to open a document but I want it to also give me the
"save
as"
screen right away. I tried this but can't click stop on the macro
from
the
"save as" screen. Thanks!