[Beth Melton]

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I think you're still missing my point. When I create a new document
in Word,
I type a filename, and Word adds the .doc extension automatically. I
DO have
file extensions displayed. Now if Sue DOESN'T have extensions
displayed, it
might be that she doesn't realize that Word is adding .doc. If she
is adding
it manually, then she's ending up with a lot of .doc.doc files.

This scenario will not occur if you are using Word to save the file.
If you are not viewing file extensions and type the extension for the
file name in the Save As dialog box, provided the extension is the
extension for the file type, then the extension you type is
disregarded. Now, if you rename a file outside of the application and
type the extension then you'll end up with what you described. :-)

But I now see what you're saying. I never create Word documents by
right-clicking on the desktop (only through File New in Word), and I
am
careful not to overwrite the file extension when I rename them in
Explorer.

I don't either but I do know if you use this method, once the file is
created it goes into rename mode and the entire file name is selected.
I guess it's an inconvenience to either deselect the selected file
name or type .doc???

FWIW, I should have written, "which is what I erroneously thought
Sue was
asking about when I posted my first reply." I understand now that
that is
not what she's asking, but I think you'll agree that her subject
line does
imply this.

Oh, I agree her subject line implies this which is why my first
reaction was "Why do you want to do this?" lol

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