Force save when using File New

[Ricki Miles]

I am creating a template in Word 2003. When the template is used by
choosing File, New, I would like the Save As dialog box to come up
automatically to force the user to save it in a folder and with a filename
of their choice. I can record the macro and save it as AutoNew, but I can't
close the dialog box during the recording.

Thanks,

Ricki

 

[Jezebel]

You can't create good macros by recording. Recording is useful to give you
an idea of how to do something, and as a shortcut for repetitive keystrokes.
But to create useful macros you need to write your own code. In this case,
add this line to your AutoNew macro --

Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show

This doesn't quite 'force' the user to save the document: they can still
cancel the dialog. You can check for this if you need to. Read Help on the
Dialogs object and see the examples on using the return value.

 

[Ricki Miles]

Thanks very much,

Ricki

You can't create good macros by recording. Recording is useful to give you
an idea of how to do something, and as a shortcut for repetitive keystrokes.
But to create useful macros you need to write your own code. In this case,
add this line to your AutoNew macro --

Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show

This doesn't quite 'force' the user to save the document: they can still
cancel the dialog. You can check for this if you need to. Read Help on the
Dialogs object and see the examples on using the return value.