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From: Stefan Blom on 17 Feb 2010 15:07
Assuming that I understood your description correctly, you were saying that
Save As pops up when you try to save an existing file (which normally
wouldn't require a Save As operation)? My question was: Is there a message
before you are presented with the Save As dialog box?

The fact that you're on a corporate network might be relevant. For example,
the cause of trouble could be access rights to folders. If this is the case,
it's a Windows issue.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mariel9898" <mariel9898(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:65466DAE-0F7D-4D2B-B1E8-1D4471695B86(a)microsoft.com...
>I don't understand exactly what you mean - in order to save as a 2007 of
> course "save as" has to be used doesn't it?
>
> Anyway you made me think of something to try but it didn't work. I opened
> the original .dot file, did a save as document template which saved it as
> a
> .dotx file. I closed the file, reopened it and made a small change as an
> experiment. But when I went to creat a new document based on the template
> (Office Button, New, pick the template from the list) the changes were not
> there. I went back to the .dotx file in My Computer and opened it using
> right
> click, open (to open the file and not a new document) and the changes were
> not there.
>
> I don't know what is going on. I'm running XP in a corporate environment
> by
> the way in case it's relevant.



From: mariel9898 on 17 Feb 2010 16:10
No, that's not it.

I have a .dot file. I need to make some slight changes to the document and
save it as a .dotx file. I have tried two ways to do this, either way is the
same problem.

Method 1
I open the .dot file and save it as a .dotx file (save as, document
template). I make changes. I save it again (regular save button). I close the
file. I open a new file based on the template and the changes are not there -
it's reverted back to the original as if no changes were ever made. I open
the .dotx file and the changes are not there.

Method 2
I create a new .dotx document based on the .dot template. I save as a .dotx
file. I make changes. I close the file. I open a new file based on the
template and the changes are not there -see above

I'm not working on the network, everything is local. The same thing is
happening to my colleague.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

> Assuming that I understood your description correctly, you were saying that
> Save As pops up when you try to save an existing file (which normally
> wouldn't require a Save As operation)? My question was: Is there a message
> before you are presented with the Save As dialog box?
>
> The fact that you're on a corporate network might be relevant. For example,
> the cause of trouble could be access rights to folders. If this is the case,
> it's a Windows issue.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
>
> "mariel9898" <mariel9898(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:65466DAE-0F7D-4D2B-B1E8-1D4471695B86(a)microsoft.com...
> >I don't understand exactly what you mean - in order to save as a 2007 of
> > course "save as" has to be used doesn't it?
> >
> > Anyway you made me think of something to try but it didn't work. I opened
> > the original .dot file, did a save as document template which saved it as
> > a
> > .dotx file. I closed the file, reopened it and made a small change as an
> > experiment. But when I went to creat a new document based on the template
> > (Office Button, New, pick the template from the list) the changes were not
> > there. I went back to the .dotx file in My Computer and opened it using
> > right
> > click, open (to open the file and not a new document) and the changes were
> > not there.
> >
> > I don't know what is going on. I'm running XP in a corporate environment
> > by
> > the way in case it's relevant.
>
>
>
> .
>
From: Stefan Blom on 18 Feb 2010 13:44
Are you saying that the issue is with that particular *.dot file only, or
can you reproduce it with any *.dot file?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mariel9898" <mariel9898(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BC8AF229-CB82-4AD5-AE49-AD2B66B2C0E0(a)microsoft.com...
> No, that's not it.
>
> I have a .dot file. I need to make some slight changes to the document and
> save it as a .dotx file. I have tried two ways to do this, either way is
> the
> same problem.
>
> Method 1
> I open the .dot file and save it as a .dotx file (save as, document
> template). I make changes. I save it again (regular save button). I close
> the
> file. I open a new file based on the template and the changes are not
> there -
> it's reverted back to the original as if no changes were ever made. I open
> the .dotx file and the changes are not there.
>
> Method 2
> I create a new .dotx document based on the .dot template. I save as a
> .dotx
> file. I make changes. I close the file. I open a new file based on the
> template and the changes are not there -see above
>
> I'm not working on the network, everything is local. The same thing is
> happening to my colleague.
>
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> Assuming that I understood your description correctly, you were saying
>> that
>> Save As pops up when you try to save an existing file (which normally
>> wouldn't require a Save As operation)? My question was: Is there a
>> message
>> before you are presented with the Save As dialog box?
>>
>> The fact that you're on a corporate network might be relevant. For
>> example,
>> the cause of trouble could be access rights to folders. If this is the
>> case,
>> it's a Windows issue.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>>
>> "mariel9898" <mariel9898(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:65466DAE-0F7D-4D2B-B1E8-1D4471695B86(a)microsoft.com...
>> >I don't understand exactly what you mean - in order to save as a 2007 of
>> > course "save as" has to be used doesn't it?
>> >
>> > Anyway you made me think of something to try but it didn't work. I
>> > opened
>> > the original .dot file, did a save as document template which saved it
>> > as
>> > a
>> > .dotx file. I closed the file, reopened it and made a small change as
>> > an
>> > experiment. But when I went to creat a new document based on the
>> > template
>> > (Office Button, New, pick the template from the list) the changes were
>> > not
>> > there. I went back to the .dotx file in My Computer and opened it using
>> > right
>> > click, open (to open the file and not a new document) and the changes
>> > were
>> > not there.
>> >
>> > I don't know what is going on. I'm running XP in a corporate
>> > environment
>> > by
>> > the way in case it's relevant.
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>>


From: mariel9898 on 18 Feb 2010 14:23
All of them. I've done 4 so far with the workaround mentioned above and have
another 4 to go.
From: mariel9898 on 18 Feb 2010 14:28
I just tried something else and there is a problem.

I created a new document template by creating a new document and saving it
as a template. I closed the template, reopened it and made changes. When I
went to create a document based on that template the changes were not there.

I did this in order to see if the underlying problem was in the switch
between versions but it looks like it's not.

Does Word 2007 handle templates completely differently than previous versions?
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