backup copies, autosave, explorer

[lindalou]

Oh how I hate Microsoft programs!! Why can they not give good technical
notes?! Why is it that I have to go to the forums to learn how to do anything?

Word (at least Word 2000) allows you to automatically save a backup file. As
far as I can determine Publisher doesn't. This is ridiculous!! If there is
any type of program you want to save backups in, this is it. I have looked at
autosave, but I cannot figure out how to get the version of a file I saved
just before this one.

The next thing is, I went to Windows Explorer to try to use the %temp%
solution Mary Sauer gave someone else, hoping that might work. Well, I cannot
find Publisher 2007 in my programs. I can find a nonfunctioning entry for
Publisher 2000. I tried opening it in Picture Manager, just to see if I coudl
get something (I couldn't), and NOW all my temp files automatically open in
picture manager. How do I fix this? Why on earth does MS make this an
automatic thing--if you are already searching for what file might open
something, chances are you aren't going to hit it on the first try and now I
am stuck with everything "opening" in Picture Manager.
Can anyone help? Thanks.


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[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Pub 2003: Tools | Options | Save
Pub 2000: Tools | Options | User Assistance

Personally I hate autosave as it invaribly saves just when I don't want it
to.

You can't get a previous version of autosave it just overwrites the file as
far as I can tell (that's why I don't like it) at least in 2000 it was just
a reminder to save.

It's not an automatic thing, you must have had the check box checked to open
..tmps with Picture Manager always. I wouldn't worry about .tmps being
associated with Picture Manager...how often does ANYONE try to open a .tmp
anyway?

You don't have to use Publisher you know...there's other software out
there.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





| Oh how I hate Microsoft programs!! Why can they not give good technical
| notes?! Why is it that I have to go to the forums to learn how to do
anything?
|
| Word (at least Word 2000) allows you to automatically save a backup file.
As
| far as I can determine Publisher doesn't. This is ridiculous!! If there is
| any type of program you want to save backups in, this is it. I have looked
at
| autosave, but I cannot figure out how to get the version of a file I saved
| just before this one.
|
| The next thing is, I went to Windows Explorer to try to use the %temp%
| solution Mary Sauer gave someone else, hoping that might work. Well, I
cannot
| find Publisher 2007 in my programs. I can find a nonfunctioning entry for
| Publisher 2000. I tried opening it in Picture Manager, just to see if I
coudl
| get something (I couldn't), and NOW all my temp files automatically open
in
| picture manager. How do I fix this? Why on earth does MS make this an
| automatic thing--if you are already searching for what file might open
| something, chances are you aren't going to hit it on the first try and now
I
| am stuck with everything "opening" in Picture Manager.
| Can anyone help? Thanks.
|
|
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| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
| Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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| link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
| click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
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[Mary Sauer]

Lindalou, The suggestion I gave said to find any file with the prefix pub,
change the format from .tmp to .pub.

Right-click the .tmp file, properties, opens with...change. Try WordPad. My
computer has unknown application for Windows and Windows Shell Common Dll for
Vista.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

hmmm i guess she missed that minor tidbit about changing the extension.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





| Lindalou, The suggestion I gave said to find any file with the prefix pub,
| change the format from .tmp to .pub.
|
| Right-click the .tmp file, properties, opens with...change. Try WordPad.
My
| computer has unknown application for Windows and Windows Shell Common Dll
for
| Vista.
|
| --
| Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| http://office.microsoft.com/
| http://msauer.mvps.org/
| news://msnews.microsoft.com
|
| | > Oh how I hate Microsoft programs!! Why can they not give good technical
| > notes?! Why is it that I have to go to the forums to learn how to do
anything?
| >
| > Word (at least Word 2000) allows you to automatically save a backup
file. As
| > far as I can determine Publisher doesn't. This is ridiculous!! If there
is
| > any type of program you want to save backups in, this is it. I have
looked at
| > autosave, but I cannot figure out how to get the version of a file I
saved
| > just before this one.
| >
| > The next thing is, I went to Windows Explorer to try to use the %temp%
| > solution Mary Sauer gave someone else, hoping that might work. Well, I
cannot
| > find Publisher 2007 in my programs. I can find a nonfunctioning entry
for
| > Publisher 2000. I tried opening it in Picture Manager, just to see if I
coudl
| > get something (I couldn't), and NOW all my temp files automatically open
in
| > picture manager. How do I fix this? Why on earth does MS make this an
| > automatic thing--if you are already searching for what file might open
| > something, chances are you aren't going to hit it on the first try and
now I
| > am stuck with everything "opening" in Picture Manager.
| > Can anyone help? Thanks.
| >
| >
| > ----------------
| > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
| > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
| > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
| > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
| >
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...8b-5a6483b8d93e&dg=microsoft.public.publisher
|
|

 

[lindalou]

yep, didn't understand it. now i do.