The "Save As" command should ALWAYS propose "2006-08-26" !

Hello !
The "Save As" command should ALWAYS propose the date in US format BEFORE the
file name, even for other users than American users.
File names beginning with the date like "2006-08-26" will always be
logically classified in a folder.
It is useful in a personal organization and essential in a professional
organization.
Just imagine a sequence of folders containing correspondence (mail) documents.
The last folder's name is "Family".
The file you want to save is a nice letter to your Mom. written using MsWORD.
Which will be the best name for this file in the folder ?
"2006-08-26 Letter to Mom" seems appropriate !
The same thing occurs saving each version of an MsACCESS database, an
MsEXCEL workbook or an MsNOTEPAD file !
Thanks for your attention.

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If I want to sort my files by the date they were created then I would
simply sort by the Date Created field.

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"CRUSOE13" wrote in message
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Hello !
The "Save As" command should ALWAYS propose the date in US format
BEFORE the
file name, even for other users than American users.
File names beginning with the date like "2006-08-26" will always be
logically classified in a folder.
It is useful in a personal organization and essential in a
professional
organization.
Just imagine a sequence of folders containing correspondence (mail)
documents.
The last folder's name is "Family".
The file you want to save is a nice letter to your Mom. written
using MsWORD.
Which will be the best name for this file in the folder ?
"2006-08-26 Letter to Mom" seems appropriate !
The same thing occurs saving each version of an MsACCESS database,
an
MsEXCEL workbook or an MsNOTEPAD file !
Thanks for your attention.

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I simply accept the default numbering given by the Save option when saving
files with the same name, e.g., "Letter to Boyfriend." Then I sort by
modified date to find what I want.

I DON'T want extraneous information of absolutely no use to me - you are
free to add what you want to your save options but the File-Save function
works perfectly in its simplicity.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, CRUSOE13 asked:

| Hello !
| The "Save As" command should ALWAYS propose the date in US format
| BEFORE the file name, even for other users than American users.
| File names beginning with the date like "2006-08-26" will always be
| logically classified in a folder.
| It is useful in a personal organization and essential in a
| professional organization.
| Just imagine a sequence of folders containing correspondence (mail)
| documents. The last folder's name is "Family".
| The file you want to save is a nice letter to your Mom. written using
| MsWORD. Which will be the best name for this file in the folder ?
| "2006-08-26 Letter to Mom" seems appropriate !
| The same thing occurs saving each version of an MsACCESS database, an
| MsEXCEL workbook or an MsNOTEPAD file !
| Thanks for your attention.
|
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| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
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