One document saved several places

[Tollef]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) I want to be able to save a document in several places. How do I make shortcuts? And when I then make changes to the document, the changes must be performed in all the other places where the document is saved.

Anyone knows?

Tollef

 

[Rob Schneider]

Assuming you are using Word, not possible. when you edit a document in
Word, it changes a *copy* of that document's file which you load from
one location. When you save those changes, you save into *one* location.

You can use file synchronisation technology to declare that *one*
location as "master" and the system you use will distribute copies of
that *one* file out to wherever you tell it.

But you cannot use Word to edit all copies at the same time, as you ask.


--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[CyberTaz]

Can you better describe your actual objective? Saving copies of the same
document in multiple locations -- especially if the document has to undergo
continuing revision -- is not a commonly advised practice. There may be an
alternative solution worth considering.

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

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Tollef:

Right-click the document and choose "Make Alias". Then copy the alias
wherever you want the document to appear.

One of the interesting ideas in computing is "If you can't find the answer,
change the question!"

In your case, if you save multiple copies of a document into different
folders, you then have no way of knowing which copy of the document is the
"current" version. This is a major issue in large corporations, and System
Administrators spend a large part of their day tearing their hair out
looking for ways to avoid this.

However, if you keep ONE copy of the document, and place an Alias everywhere
you might want to open the document from, whenever you double-click the
alias, you will open the original. There will always be only one copy on
the system, and any time you make a change, your changes will be saved to
the original.

So if you change the question to "How do I make one document appear in many
different locations", it then becomes possible to answer your question in
one sentence. Your original question cannot be answered (at all) because no
current Mac software enables this to happen.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) I want to be able
to save a document in several places. How do I make shortcuts? And when I then
make changes to the document, the changes must be performed in all the other
places where the document is saved.

Anyone knows?

Tollef

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