Can I timeout the save file prompt on logout/shutdown?

[itsbaker]

is there a way to time out the "save file" dialog in Word 2003 or 2007 when a
user chooses to shutdown or logoff of a workstation? My users will forget to
save a document, then choose logoff and walk away from a machine, but the
machine will not logoff because Word will not close.

Thanks

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello baker

is there a way to time out the "save file" dialog in Word 2003 or 2007 when a
user chooses to shutdown or logoff of a workstation? My users will forget to
save a document, then choose logoff and walk away from a machine, but the
machine will not logoff because Word will not close.

not sure if this could be done from the Word side of things. I'm pretty
sure I would not *want* to do this to begin with: an unnecessarily
running machine overnight doesn't cost a whole lot; an important file
unsaved, OTOH ...

2cents
Robert

 

[itsbaker]

its not an issue of running the machine, its an issue of a user not being
logged off from a shared machine. it exposes their session to the next user
of that machine.

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

its not an issue of running the machine, its an issue of a user not being
logged off from a shared machine. it exposes their session to the next user
of that machine.

OK, I was assuming a corporate environment where the risk of loosing
data has to be weighed against resources needed to keep a machine running.

Again, I'm not sure this really is a good idea, but I'd ask some folks
over in a forum/newsgroup for your operating system whether there's a
method to force a shutdown that you can use in your situation.

The shutdown command it completely outside of Word -- which doesn't mean
there wouldn't be a clever way to notice it from within Word and act
accordingly. But any solution you find there would only work on Word
files, of course, and an OS-related approach works for any open file.

HTH
Robert