Doucument Properties

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We are moving form Office 00 to Office XP. For both versions we hav
ticked the box under Tools > Options > Save > "Prompt for documen
properties". When I open a new doc and save it, the doc properties com
up, and when I go to change the name of the document, the do
properties box pops up again, which is what I want. But in XP when I g
to Resave the document and change the name, the doc properties do no
reappear.

Why does it occurr in Office 2000 and not in XP?

Please can someone help?

Thank yo
 
I hadn't realized that this behavior was new in Word 2002 (though I first
became aware of it there), but it might have something to do with a new
feature introduced in Word 2002 that prevents you from having to use Save
As. If you use the New Document task pane, there is a "New | From existing
document option" that allows you to create a new document based on an
existing document (just as you would create a new document based on a
template). When you do this, the document opens as Document2 (or whatever),
so the first save is a Save As that *will* prompt for document properties.

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

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If you use the New Document task pane, there is a "New | From existing
document option" that allows you to create a new document based on an
existing document (just as you would create a new document based on a
template).
Click to expand...

As a slightly related question, is there any way of getting Word to write
out a new document -- i.e. saving the active document as it currently is,
but leaving it still open and connected to the original disk file.

For example, working on a laptop without a printer, I want to take a
snapshot to diskette, so that I can print it on another PC and carry on
working. As it is, I have to Save, then Save As to A:, close the file, do
something and then reopen the D:\etc\ file.

One for the wish list?

Tim F
 
Tim

In the File Open or File Save dialog, right-click on the file and select
Sent To Floppy A.

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://www.mvps.org/word/

: :
: > If you use the New Document task pane, there is a "New | From existing
: > document option" that allows you to create a new document based on an
: > existing document (just as you would create a new document based on a
: > template).
:
: As a slightly related question, is there any way of getting Word to write
: out a new document -- i.e. saving the active document as it currently is,
: but leaving it still open and connected to the original disk file.
:
: For example, working on a laptop without a printer, I want to take a
: snapshot to diskette, so that I can print it on another PC and carry on
: working. As it is, I have to Save, then Save As to A:, close the file, do
: something and then reopen the D:\etc\ file.
:
: One for the wish list?
:
: Tim F
:
 
Much safer than using Save As, which will sooner or later guarantee you a
corrupt document.

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

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In the File Open or File Save dialog, right-click on the file and select
Sent To Floppy A.
Click to expand...

With the document still open... that is very cool. Thank you for that.

Tim F
 
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