Prev: Spanish office language packs
Next: Opening docs from old versions
From: TobyR on 2 Apr 2010 10:06

I've created a Word doc template and I would like to arrange it so that
when someone first saves the document the folder they are prompted to
save in is not 'My Folders' but some other network location I've
specified in the template. Is this possible?




--
TobyR
From: Jay Freedman on 2 Apr 2010 17:10
TobyR wrote:
> I've created a Word doc template and I would like to arrange it so
> that when someone first saves the document the folder they are
> prompted to save in is not 'My Folders' but some other network
> location I've specified in the template. Is this possible?

It is possible, but only with a macro. The article
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ChangeSaveAsPath.htm explains the
technique, although not how to write a complete macro.

Install this macro in your template (see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed):

Sub FileSave()
If Len(ActiveDocument.Path) = 0 Then
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
.Name = "Y:\temp\"
.Show
End With
Else
ActiveDocument.Save
End If
End Sub

Change the path in quotes to the location you want. It could be in UNC
format (\\server\share) instead of a mapped drive path.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.


 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: Spanish office language packs
Next: Opening docs from old versions