Prev: word 2007 freezes when closing
Next: Word Automation using VC++
From: Chairman Meow on 12 Dec 2009 13:31
I'm reposting here at the suggestion of a Windows 7 forum moderator who
thought my situation a problem with Word not Windows:

When working on projects, I group together relevant files in areas of my
desktop. However, with Word 2007 on Windows 7 (as opposed to Word and
Windows 2000), when I save a file that's on the desktop, the file location
that was the docx file becomes the wbk file and the docx file is put in the
first open slot in the rank of files on the left-hand of the desktop.

Thus, if <file.docx> was in the upper right quadrant, after saving the newer
version, the file in the upper right becomes <file.wbk> and <file.docx> is
moved to somewhere on the left of the desktop.

This is a problem, of course, because I (a) don't want to edit backup files,
and (b) grouped the files in the first place so that I'd not have to go
looking for them.

It's an obvious design flaw, and I'd like to see it corrected. Thanks.
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 12 Dec 2009 17:28
The .wbk file is created because you have the option to automatically create
a backup copy of the document whenever you save it. While I would not
advise against that, I would however advise against saving documents to the
desktop. A better place to save them is into the Documents folder. Because
when you save a document with the automatic backup option set, two files are
created, it is obvious that when saving to the desktop they must be put into
different locations on the desktop. Note that it is only the most recent
(.doc/docx/docm) file that will be displayed in the list of most recent
files that appears when you click on the Office button in Word.

If you do not want the backups to be automatically created, you can turn
that facility off by clicking on the Office button, then on Word Options,
then on Advanced and scroll down to the Save section of the dialog.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Chairman Meow" <ChairmanMeow(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:762BC163-6509-4762-9732-B9E81B336ED5(a)microsoft.com...
> I'm reposting here at the suggestion of a Windows 7 forum moderator who
> thought my situation a problem with Word not Windows:
>
> When working on projects, I group together relevant files in areas of my
> desktop. However, with Word 2007 on Windows 7 (as opposed to Word and
> Windows 2000), when I save a file that's on the desktop, the file location
> that was the docx file becomes the wbk file and the docx file is put in
> the
> first open slot in the rank of files on the left-hand of the desktop.
>
> Thus, if <file.docx> was in the upper right quadrant, after saving the
> newer
> version, the file in the upper right becomes <file.wbk> and <file.docx> is
> moved to somewhere on the left of the desktop.
>
> This is a problem, of course, because I (a) don't want to edit backup
> files,
> and (b) grouped the files in the first place so that I'd not have to go
> looking for them.
>
> It's an obvious design flaw, and I'd like to see it corrected. Thanks.

 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: word 2007 freezes when closing
Next: Word Automation using VC++