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From: Andrew on 31 Dec 2009 10:29
Scenario I open a document called test.doc and make a change. I use the file
save as option and call the file test.doc. It doesn't prompt me to
overwrite the existing test.doc shouldn't it?? I belive it did in earlier
versions??
From: Graham Mayor on 31 Dec 2009 10:43
No - if you open a document and use SaveAs to save it with the same name you
won't get a prompt. If you use SaveAs to save it with a different existing
name, you will.

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"Andrew" <Andrew(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Scenario I open a document called test.doc and make a change. I use the
> file
> save as option and call the file test.doc. It doesn't prompt me to
> overwrite the existing test.doc shouldn't it?? I belive it did in earlier
> versions??


From: JR Hester on 31 Dec 2009 11:17
Andrew,

You are correct that in past versions you would get the replace or overwrite
prompt. Evidently this is a change, if you open a file and use save as to
save it back to same file name, Word does not ask. However if you open a file
and attempt to save as another filename taht already exists, you will get
that familiar prompt.

HTH

"Andrew" wrote:

> Scenario I open a document called test.doc and make a change. I use the file
> save as option and call the file test.doc. It doesn't prompt me to
> overwrite the existing test.doc shouldn't it?? I belive it did in earlier
> versions??
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