[Steve]

Recently upgraded from Word 2000
to Word 2007.

I write novels and I like to save my document after every little change I
make. So even if I go and add a comma somewhere it is my habit to click the
Save Button immediately afterwards.

I used to be able to put a floating toolbar with a Save button just to the
right of my text so that I didn't have to move my attention (and the cursor)
up to the toolbar default Save button.

Is there anything comperable available in 2007?

[JoAnn Paules]

Ctrl + S will work.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Steve" wrote in message
...
Recently upgraded from Word 2000
to Word 2007.

I write novels and I like to save my document after every little change I
make. So even if I go and add a comma somewhere it is my habit to click
the
Save Button immediately afterwards.

I used to be able to put a floating toolbar with a Save button just to the
right of my text so that I didn't have to move my attention (and the
cursor)
up to the toolbar default Save button.

Is there anything comperable available in 2007?

[Terry Farrell]

I swap the default shortcuts assigned to Save and SaveAs so that Save is
just F12 (and SaveAs is Shift+F12). Just a single key click is far, far
easier than using the mouse and marginally easier that Ctrl+S.

I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts that way
around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple Save, it
opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name. So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Recently upgraded from Word 2000
to Word 2007.

I write novels and I like to save my document after every little change I
make. So even if I go and add a comma somewhere it is my habit to click
the
Save Button immediately afterwards.

I used to be able to put a floating toolbar with a Save button just to the
right of my text so that I didn't have to move my attention (and the
cursor)
up to the toolbar default Save button.

Is there anything comperable available in 2007?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

De gustibus non est disputandum and all that, but I would never consider
reaching way up to the top of the keyboard and stabbing for F12 easier than
pressing Ctrl+S with (most of) my fingers on the home row!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
news
I swap the default shortcuts assigned to Save and SaveAs so that Save is
just F12 (and SaveAs is Shift+F12). Just a single key click is far, far
easier than using the mouse and marginally easier that Ctrl+S.

I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts that
way around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple Save,
it opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name. So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Recently upgraded from Word 2000
to Word 2007.

I write novels and I like to save my document after every little change I
make. So even if I go and add a comma somewhere it is my habit to click
the
Save Button immediately afterwards.

I used to be able to put a floating toolbar with a Save button just to
the
right of my text so that I didn't have to move my attention (and the
cursor)
up to the toolbar default Save button.

Is there anything comperable available in 2007?

[Terry Farrell]

Maybe my short stubbies aren't as short as I thought! g

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
De gustibus non est disputandum and all that, but I would never consider
reaching way up to the top of the keyboard and stabbing for F12 easier
than pressing Ctrl+S with (most of) my fingers on the home row!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
news
I swap the default shortcuts assigned to Save and SaveAs so that Save is
just F12 (and SaveAs is Shift+F12). Just a single key click is far, far
easier than using the mouse and marginally easier that Ctrl+S.

I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts that
way around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple Save,
it opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name. So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Recently upgraded from Word 2000
to Word 2007.

I write novels and I like to save my document after every little change
I
make. So even if I go and add a comma somewhere it is my habit to click
the
Save Button immediately afterwards.

I used to be able to put a floating toolbar with a Save button just to
the
right of my text so that I didn't have to move my attention (and the
cursor)
up to the toolbar default Save button.

Is there anything comperable available in 2007?

[Rojo Habe[_2_]]

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
news

I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts that
way around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple Save,
it opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name. So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.


I think it's designed that way to make it slightly harder to overwrite a
document by accident. If you accidentally hit the F12 key you're presented
with a dialog which you can just cancel. It's far more unlikely (although
not impossible, I'll admit) that you'll accidentally hit S or F12 whilst
simultaneously holding down the Shift key.

[Terry Farrell]

That's a distinct possibility. 'Dumbed down to the lowest common
denominator!'

Terry

"Rojo Habe" wrote in message
...

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
news

I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts that
way around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple Save,
it opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name. So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.


I think it's designed that way to make it slightly harder to overwrite a
document by accident. If you accidentally hit the F12 key you're
presented with a dialog which you can just cancel. It's far more unlikely
(although not impossible, I'll admit) that you'll accidentally hit S or
F12 whilst simultaneously holding down the Shift key.

[Steve]

May I take it, then, that there is no way of getting a floating toolbar in
the 2007 version?

I sure miss that.

I had a couple of other handy buttons on the toolbar, also.



"Terry Farrell" wrote:

That's a distinct possibility. 'Dumbed down to the lowest common
denominator!'

Terry

"Rojo Habe" wrote in message
...

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
news

I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts that
way around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple Save,
it opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name. So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.


I think it's designed that way to make it slightly harder to overwrite a
document by accident. If you accidentally hit the F12 key you're
presented with a dialog which you can just cancel. It's far more unlikely
(although not impossible, I'll admit) that you'll accidentally hit S or
F12 whilst simultaneously holding down the Shift key.

[Terry Farrell]

See http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm for a possible
workaround.

Terry

"Steve" wrote in message
...
May I take it, then, that there is no way of getting a floating toolbar in
the 2007 version?

I sure miss that.

I had a couple of other handy buttons on the toolbar, also.



"Terry Farrell" wrote:

That's a distinct possibility. 'Dumbed down to the lowest common
denominator!'

Terry

"Rojo Habe" wrote in message
...

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
news
I never did understand why Save and SaveAs were assigned shortcuts
that
way around, because if you open a new document and execute a simple
Save,
it opens the SaveAs dialog anyway because you have to assign a name.
So a
single click F12 to Save makes much more sense.


I think it's designed that way to make it slightly harder to overwrite
a
document by accident. If you accidentally hit the F12 key you're
presented with a dialog which you can just cancel. It's far more
unlikely
(although not impossible, I'll admit) that you'll accidentally hit S or
F12 whilst simultaneously holding down the Shift key.