automatic save

[GREM]

I have just switched from MS Word for Windows to Word for Mac 2004.
One important feature I don't see is the ability to have Word
automatically perform a full save (not just an autorecovery type save)
at a specified time interval. For example, I used to have my program
set to automatically save files every 5 minutes. Is there some way to
do this Word for Mac?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[CyberTaz]

Sorry to contradict, but unless you were using a *very* old version of Word
you've been laboring under a misconception Word hasn't had an auto save
feature (PC or Mac) since...... well, I can't remember when - Perhaps Word
95? Word 6.0 [Help me out here John, Clive, somebody]

Maybe you may have had some sort of add-in or utility, or perhaps you're
thinking of Excel or Outlook - which have had auto save features in more
recent incarnations. The following is quoted directly from the MS web site
pertaining to Word 2000 & I know it wasn't added in 2002, 2003, or 2007:

WD2000: Automatically Saving Current Work (Open Document)
Microsoft Word does not have built-in functionality that allows you to
automatically perform a full save of the current document at specific
intervals.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Bob:

It was before then. I believe we lost Auto Save with Word 6 for Windows.
Word 2 would do it, Word 6 would not.

In current versions of Word, you *can* create a macro that will do an
automatic save for you. Check Graham Mayor's site for the "Save Reminder
Macro: http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm

That was originally shipped by Microsoft with Word 2000. You can set it to
actually save the document, rather than just remind you. It should run just
fine in Word 2004. Make sure you enable background saves, or you will be
locked out of your document each time while it saves.

One caveat: it makes use of the Timer method in VBA, and since you can have
only one timer running at a time (across all of Microsoft Office) if you are
a heavy user of macros, you may not be able to use this solution.

Hope this helps

Sorry to contradict, but unless you were using a *very* old version of Word
you've been laboring under a misconception Word hasn't had an auto save
feature (PC or Mac) since...... well, I can't remember when - Perhaps Word
95? Word 6.0 [Help me out here John, Clive, somebody]

Maybe you may have had some sort of add-in or utility, or perhaps you're
thinking of Excel or Outlook - which have had auto save features in more
recent incarnations. The following is quoted directly from the MS web site
pertaining to Word 2000 & I know it wasn't added in 2002, 2003, or 2007:

WD2000: Automatically Saving Current Work (Open Document)
Microsoft Word does not have built-in functionality that allows you to
automatically perform a full save of the current document at specific
intervals.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

I have just switched from MS Word for Windows to Word for Mac 2004.
One important feature I don't see is the ability to have Word
automatically perform a full save (not just an autorecovery type save)
at a specified time interval. For example, I used to have my program
set to automatically save files every 5 minutes. Is there some way to
do this Word for Mac?

Thanks,
Bob

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[GREM]

Sorry to contradict, but unless you were using a *very* old version of Word
you've been laboring under a misconception Word hasn't had an auto save
feature (PC or Mac) since...... well, I can't remember when - Perhaps Word
95? Word 6.0 [Help me out here John, Clive, somebody]

Maybe you may have had some sort of add-in or utility, or perhaps you're
thinking of Excel or Outlook - which have had auto save features in more
recent incarnations. The following is quoted directly from the MS web site
pertaining to Word 2000 & I know it wasn't added in 2002, 2003, or 2007:

WD2000: Automatically Saving Current Work (Open Document)
Microsoft Word does not have built-in functionality that allows you to
automatically perform a full save of the current document at specific
intervals.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

I have just switched from MS Word for Windows to Word for Mac 2004.
One important feature I don't see is the ability to have Word
automatically perform a full save (not just an autorecovery type save)
at a specified time interval. For example, I used to have my program
set to automatically save files every 5 minutes. Is there some way to
do this Word for Mac?

Thanks,
Bob

My Windows computer died a few weeks ago, so I can't refer to it to
confirm what I'm speaking about, but in Word 2000 and Word for Office
XP (2001?) I used a macro that seems similar to that provided by
Graham Mayor. I think it was called "macros9" or something like that
and it was included with some other macros, including one for
transporting one's autocorrect data. When I upgraded to Word 2003, I
found the utility integrated right into my file menu. I presumed it
had become standard. If not, it must have somehow imported the macro
during the upgrade installation.

So are you telling me that there isn't any utility I can easily add to
do an automatic timed full backup?
BTW, is there some way that I can be automatically notified if there
is a response to a question I post here?
Thanks,
Bob McNulty
Bob

 

[GREM]

Hi Bob:

It was before then. I believe we lost Auto Save with Word 6 for Windows.
Word 2 would do it, Word 6 would not.

In current versions of Word, you *can* create a macro that will do an
automatic save for you. Check Graham Mayor's site for the "Save Reminder
Macro:http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm

That was originally shipped by Microsoft with Word 2000. You can set it to
actually save the document, rather than just remind you. It should run just
fine in Word 2004. Make sure you enable background saves, or you will be
locked out of your document each time while it saves.

One caveat: it makes use of the Timer method in VBA, and since you can have
only one timer running at a time (across all of Microsoft Office) if you are
a heavy user of macros, you may not be able to use this solution.

Hope this helps

Sorry to contradict, but unless you were using a *very* old version of Word
you've been laboring under a misconception Word hasn't had an auto save
feature (PC or Mac) since...... well, I can't remember when - Perhaps Word
95? Word 6.0 [Help me out here John, Clive, somebody]

Maybe you may have had some sort of add-in or utility, or perhaps you're
thinking of Excel or Outlook - which have had auto save features in more
recent incarnations. The following is quoted directly from the MS web site
pertaining to Word 2000 & I know it wasn't added in 2002, 2003, or 2007:

WD2000: Automatically Saving Current Work (Open Document)
Microsoft Word does not have built-in functionality that allows you to
automatically perform a full save of the current document at specific
intervals.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 6/22/07 1:01 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "GREM"

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Thanks very much for your reply. The macro listed at Graham Mayor's
site looks to be the same as the function to which I was referring.
As I mentioned above, I initially downloaded a macro ("macro9"?) and
it appeared in my last edition of Word 2003. Mayor's macro looks as if
written for a Windows environment. I haven't done any coding, so I'm
not sure how to go about this, but can I just copy and paste it into
Word for Mac and it will work? I'm not very confident that I'll be
able to pull this off.

Is there any easy plug in for this purpose?

Thanks very much.
Bob McNulty

 

[CyberTaz]

I think it was called "macros9" or something like that

and it was included with some other macros, including one for
transporting one's autocorrect data. When I upgraded to Word 2003, I
found the utility integrated right into my file menu. I presumed it
had become standard. If not, it must have somehow imported the macro
during the upgrade installation.

That's exactly what happened - the upgrade to 2003 swallowed the existing
add-in

Have a look here & combined with what John has already posted you should
have all you need. Post back if there are any problems:

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/InstallMacro.html

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Bob:

What Graham is hosting *IS* the Word 2000 macro

Yeah, it should run fine in Word 2004. Give us a shout if it doesn't. Word
2004 has Word 2000 VBA in it.

You might get problems with things written for later versions of PC Word,
but not from the Word 2000 stuff, unless they "Register" Windows .dlls. If
they do, you're pooched -- there is no equivalent to registering .dlls on
the Mac.

The Help in Word 2004 VBA talks about it, but it doesn't work

Cheers

Hi Bob:

It was before then. I believe we lost Auto Save with Word 6 for Windows.
Word 2 would do it, Word 6 would not.

In current versions of Word, you *can* create a macro that will do an
automatic save for you. Check Graham Mayor's site for the "Save Reminder
Macro:http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm

That was originally shipped by Microsoft with Word 2000. You can set it to
actually save the document, rather than just remind you. It should run just
fine in Word 2004. Make sure you enable background saves, or you will be
locked out of your document each time while it saves.

One caveat: it makes use of the Timer method in VBA, and since you can have
only one timer running at a time (across all of Microsoft Office) if you are
a heavy user of macros, you may not be able to use this solution.

Hope this helps

Sorry to contradict, but unless you were using a *very* old version of Word
you've been laboring under a misconception Word hasn't had an auto save
feature (PC or Mac) since...... well, I can't remember when - Perhaps Word
95? Word 6.0 [Help me out here John, Clive, somebody]

Maybe you may have had some sort of add-in or utility, or perhaps you're
thinking of Excel or Outlook - which have had auto save features in more
recent incarnations. The following is quoted directly from the MS web site
pertaining to Word 2000 & I know it wasn't added in 2002, 2003, or 2007:

WD2000: Automatically Saving Current Work (Open Document)
Microsoft Word does not have built-in functionality that allows you to
automatically perform a full save of the current document at specific
intervals.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 6/22/07 1:01 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "GREM"
<[email protected]> wrote:

I have just switched from MS Word for Windows to Word for Mac 2004.
One important feature I don't see is the ability to have Word
automatically perform a full save (not just an autorecovery type save)
at a specified time interval. For example, I used to have my program
set to automatically save files every 5 minutes. Is there some way to
do this Word for Mac?

Thanks,
Bob

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltdhttp://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

Thanks very much for your reply. The macro listed at Graham Mayor's
site looks to be the same as the function to which I was referring.
As I mentioned above, I initially downloaded a macro ("macro9"?) and
it appeared in my last edition of Word 2003. Mayor's macro looks as if
written for a Windows environment. I haven't done any coding, so I'm
not sure how to go about this, but can I just copy and paste it into
Word for Mac and it will work? I'm not very confident that I'll be
able to pull this off.

Is there any easy plug in for this purpose?

Thanks very much.
Bob McNulty

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Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]