Saving files

[Karl Barker]

Does anyone else have this problem.

When I have a DOC open and hit the Save as button, by default word decides
to save the copy as a template file in the Œmy templates¹ folder.

What I really want is to simply make a copy of the file in a different
location as a .doc.

If I open a ŒStationary¹ file and try to save that, it also thinks it will
be a document template.

My preferences are set to save all files as word documents, not templates.
Are there any work rounds?

Karl

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[Elliott Roper]

Does anyone else have this problem.

When I have a DOC open and hit the Save as button, by default word decides
to save the copy as a template file in the Œmy templates¹ folder.

What I really want is to simply make a copy of the file in a different
location as a .doc.

If I open a ŒStationary¹ file and try to save that, it also thinks it will
be a document template.

That's the trouble with stationary files, they just won't move ;-)

My preferences are set to save all files as word documents, not templates.
Are there any work rounds?

When the save panel opens, what does the second box from the top say?

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Karl,

The problem is that your "document" isn't a document: It's a template.
That's why it has a .dot extension rather than a .doc extension. And that's
why it's being saved to the My Templates folder, since all templates are
saved to that location by default.

How did you create this "document"? If you opened a template and then did a
Save As, thinking the result would be a document based on that template,
that would explain it. You can't do it that way. To create a document from
a template in Word X, you must open the Project Gallery and then the My
Templates folder, select the template you want, be sure the Create box is
set to Document (which it is by default), and click OK.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>

My preferences are set that the default folder is my desktop, not the my
templates folder.
Karl

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