[Bert Coules]

I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck.

Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc
extension displayed?

Many thanks.

Bert Coules

[JoAnn Paules]

You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that
counts.

--

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


"Bert Coules" wrote in message
et...
I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck.

Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc
extension displayed?

Many thanks.

Bert Coules

[Reitanos]

It's a Windows option:
Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

On Oct 3, 9:20*am, "Bert Coules" wrote:
I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck.

Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc
extension displayed?

Many thanks.

Bert Coules

[Terry Farrell]

But no one would advise this as it is a security risk. It is a Microsoft
idiots' feature. If you hide file extensions and someone sends you a virus
named such as virus.txt.exe, you will only see virus.txt and open it for a
big surprise.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Reitanos" wrote in message
...
It's a Windows option:
Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

On Oct 3, 9:20 am, "Bert Coules" wrote:
I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck.

Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc
extension displayed?

Many thanks.

Bert Coules

[Bert Coules]

Reitanos wrote:

Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would
leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if
there's no alternative.

JoAnn Paules wrote:

You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that
counts.

But this isn't an icon, is it? It's the actual document, saved on the
desktop. If I delete the .doc extension, it won't open unless I specify
Word in the dialogue box that crops up. And there doesn't seem to be the
old option of "always use this program to open files of this sort",
presumably because without an extension, there isn't a sort for the file to
belong to.

Bert

[Gordon[_2_]]

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
Reitanos wrote:

Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would
leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if
there's no alternative.


May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show?

[Bert Coules]

Gordon wrote:

May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show?

It isn't imperative, merely desirable.

As an alternative - and I'm sure that this is possible, though once again I
can't find the instructions for love nor money - how do I configure Word
2000 so that it opens with a particular document already loaded?

Bert

[Gordon[_2_]]

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
Gordon wrote:

May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show?

It isn't imperative, merely desirable.

Why?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Save the document in the My Documents folder (or somewhere else reasonable).
Put a shortcut to the document on the desktop. You can name that shortcut
anything you like. When you double-click on it, Word will open with that
document loaded. Alternatively, you can add a shortcut to a template, and
Word will start with a document based on that template.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
Gordon wrote:

May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show?

It isn't imperative, merely desirable.

As an alternative - and I'm sure that this is possible, though once again
I can't find the instructions for love nor money - how do I configure Word
2000 so that it opens with a particular document already loaded?

Bert

[JoAnn Paules]

Oops - sorry. I was thinking you meant a shortcut.

--

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


"Bert Coules" wrote in message
...
Reitanos wrote:

Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would
leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if
there's no alternative.

JoAnn Paules wrote:

You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that
counts.

But this isn't an icon, is it? It's the actual document, saved on the
desktop. If I delete the .doc extension, it won't open unless I specify
Word in the dialogue box that crops up. And there doesn't seem to be the
old option of "always use this program to open files of this sort",
presumably because without an extension, there isn't a sort for the file
to belong to.

Bert