Resave saved document.

[sonomats]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

I have about 30-40 Word documents open at the same time. They are created at different dates and saved at different dates (but still open).
Now and then I have to restart the computer. After restart I want to open exactly these documents again. Since they have different names and different dates I will have trouble remember wich documents to open. (I have a lot of files in the folder where they are saved)
Since word doesn't allow me to resave a document with the current date and time (as seen in Finder), I have to manually alter, save and close all documents. The result will then be that all documents are nicely orderd by date in my folder and I know wich documents to reopen.
My question is if there is any easier way to achieve this. I have tried Automator, I have searched for Applescripts but I can't find a solution anywhere.
The problem boils down to having alter the document to save it with current date. Does anyone have the solution?

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm afraid I'm not very clear on what the determining factor may be with
regard to which files need to be open or why 30+ files need to be open at
one time but here are some ideas that may help.

One option - if you need to have those files quickly accessible but not
necessarily *open* is to add those files to the Work menu. You can readily
reopen them from there.

Have you considered the File> Open Recent list, where your most recently
used files will be shown for you? Although the default setting doesn't
accommodate 30-40 files you can go into Word> Preferences - General & set
the number as high as 99. You still have to open each file one at a time.

If that isn't adequate perhaps you can take advantage of File> Project
Gallery - Recent, which provides even more features & can be adjusted on the
Settings page of the same dialog. You can set the PG to open at startup
although you still have to open each file individually - Word has no control
over that.

Perhaps using the Projects features of Office - such as Finder Project Watch
Folders - will also offer some ideas. Info is available in Word Help.

If you want to have all the files open automatically you may need to
investigate other options provided by the OS. One thought - use the color
labeling option for those 30-40 files & arrange the files in that folder by
Label. Another possibility is creating Aliases to those files in a different
folder

In all honesty - please take no offense - but I believe you may be on a hunt
for a rather complex solution to a problem which is being caused solely &
simply by not organizing the files in that one folder in a way that is more
conducive to the workflow you need.

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

 

[Clive Huggan]

How about creating a folder titled something like "Last job", and making it
accessible from the Finder sidebar or Dock so that it's always easily
accessible. Have the folder displaying List View (Command-2) and listed by
date.

Then, whether Word or the documents you're working on are open or not,
select the documents in the Finder (if they are in a range it's easy to
click on the first/last once, hold down the Shift key and click on the
last/first -- or otherwise to Command-click). Then key Command-l and drag
the aliases so formed into the "Last job" folder before you shut down.

When you start up again, select all of the aliases and double-click or key
Command-o to open the documents -- then delete the aliases by keying
Command-Delete. (You will be able to select all of them via Command-a unless
you forgot, last time, to delete the aliases -- but the fact that you have
the folder displaying in List view => Date order will make even that
easier.)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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