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  #1  
Old February 26th, 2010, 06:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default Automatic Path with Date

I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "– I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.
  #2  
Old February 26th, 2010, 10:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Posts: 8,239
Default Automatic Path with Date

Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your normal.dot
template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the FileSaveAs command is
used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "– I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.


  #3  
Old February 27th, 2010, 10:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
janey
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Posts: 36
Default Automatic Path with Date

I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so it
will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am creating a
template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the FileSaveAs
command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "– I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.


  #4  
Old February 27th, 2010, 11:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
janey
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Posts: 36
Default Automatic Path with Date

May I also ask what the macro would be to have:

"File Name 2010-02-26.docx"

"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so it
will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am creating
a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the FileSaveAs
command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "– I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.


  #5  
Old February 27th, 2010, 11:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Posts: 18,297
Default Automatic Path with Date

Instead of naming it FileSaveAs() call it something else and run it from a
toolbar button or suitable keyboard shortcut.
or
Insert the FileSaveAs macro only in the template that requires it - and not
the normal template.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so it
will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am creating
a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the FileSaveAs
command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "– I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.




  #6  
Old February 27th, 2010, 12:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Posts: 8,239
Default Automatic Path with Date

Replace the line

.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name

with

.SaveAs .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")

--
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

"janey" wrote in message
...
May I also ask what the macro would be to have:

"File Name 2010-02-26.docx"

"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so it
will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am creating
a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the
FileSaveAs command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "– I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.

  #7  
Old February 28th, 2010, 04:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
janey
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Posts: 36
Default Automatic Path with Date

I think I must be missing something!

I want to use this macro in my office templates only.
I started with just one of them e.g. Office1.dot (which I brought over from
Word 2003 to 2007).
I created a macro called FileSaveAs:

Sub FileSaveAs()
'
' FileSaveAs Macro
' Saves a copy of the document in a separate file
'
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.saveas .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
End If
End With
End Sub

I then closed the template and opened a new document based on it. When I
pressed Save and put in a file name, e.g. Test, I got a file called
"Document1 2010-02-28.docx

How do I get this to be: Test 2010-02-28.docx please?

When I have this right, do I have to put the same macro in my other office
templates individually?


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Instead of naming it FileSaveAs() call it something else and run it from a
toolbar button or suitable keyboard shortcut.
or
Insert the FileSaveAs macro only in the template that requires it - and
not the normal template.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so it
will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am creating
a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the
FileSaveAs command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "- I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.



  #8  
Old February 28th, 2010, 09:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,239
Default Automatic Path with Date

Use:

Dim Fkill As String
Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show
With ActiveDocument
Fkill = .FullName
.SaveAs .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
Kill Fkill


--
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

"janey" wrote in message
...
I think I must be missing something!

I want to use this macro in my office templates only.
I started with just one of them e.g. Office1.dot (which I brought over
from Word 2003 to 2007).
I created a macro called FileSaveAs:

Sub FileSaveAs()
'
' FileSaveAs Macro
' Saves a copy of the document in a separate file
'
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.saveas .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
End If
End With
End Sub

I then closed the template and opened a new document based on it. When I
pressed Save and put in a file name, e.g. Test, I got a file called
"Document1 2010-02-28.docx

How do I get this to be: Test 2010-02-28.docx please?

When I have this right, do I have to put the same macro in my other office
templates individually?


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Instead of naming it FileSaveAs() call it something else and run it from
a toolbar button or suitable keyboard shortcut.
or
Insert the FileSaveAs macro only in the template that requires it - and
not the normal template.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so it
will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am
creating a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the
FileSaveAs command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "- I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.



  #9  
Old March 1st, 2010, 07:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Posts: 18,297
Default Automatic Path with Date

Hmmm! I am not sure how that takes us forward here. As I see it, the problem
is in the use of ActiveDocument.Name to rename the document. If the document
has not been saved this will result in
Document1 2010-03-01.docx
If the document has already been saved with that name the macro will save
with the name
Document1 2010-03-01.docx 2010-03-01.docx
You need to test whether the document has been saved and then if not prompt
for the part of the filename before the date. If then the document has been
saved, you could eliminate the date from the filename and add a new name.
This of course will delete any document of the same name saved on the same
date.
There seems little point showing the Dialog(wdDialogFileSaveAs) unless you
are going to offer the dated name to the user, and it will add confusion as
any name the user enters in the dialog will be overwritten. For a document
template for a particular task something like the following might suffice

Dim sName As String
Dim vName As Variant
With ActiveDocument
If Len(.Path) = 0 Then
.Save
sName = .name
'or instead of the previous 2 lines
'sName = InputBox("Enter filename (without the date)")
Else
vName = Split(.name, ".")
sName = Left(vName(0), Len(vName(0)) - 11)
End If
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
.name = sName & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
.Show
End With
End With

If you want something a little more universally applicable - see
http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use:

Dim Fkill As String
Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show
With ActiveDocument
Fkill = .FullName
.SaveAs .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
Kill Fkill


--
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

"janey" wrote in message
...
I think I must be missing something!

I want to use this macro in my office templates only.
I started with just one of them e.g. Office1.dot (which I brought over
from Word 2003 to 2007).
I created a macro called FileSaveAs:

Sub FileSaveAs()
'
' FileSaveAs Macro
' Saves a copy of the document in a separate file
'
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.saveas .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
End If
End With
End Sub

I then closed the template and opened a new document based on it. When I
pressed Save and put in a file name, e.g. Test, I got a file called
"Document1 2010-02-28.docx

How do I get this to be: Test 2010-02-28.docx please?

When I have this right, do I have to put the same macro in my other
office templates individually?


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Instead of naming it FileSaveAs() call it something else and run it from
a toolbar button or suitable keyboard shortcut.
or
Insert the FileSaveAs macro only in the template that requires it - and
not the normal template.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so
it will save me having to put the date in each time I create a document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am
creating a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the
FileSaveAs command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "- I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.





  #10  
Old March 1st, 2010, 09:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
janey
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Posts: 36
Default Automatic Path with Date

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have tried the last two solutions but, in each case, got:

Document1.docx 2101-03-01

What I really want is:
Create new document (based on a particular template)
Save
Document1 2010-03-01.docx

Not sure how to transpose the item in the macro.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Hmmm! I am not sure how that takes us forward here. As I see it, the
problem is in the use of ActiveDocument.Name to rename the document. If
the document has not been saved this will result in
Document1 2010-03-01.docx
If the document has already been saved with that name the macro will save
with the name
Document1 2010-03-01.docx 2010-03-01.docx
You need to test whether the document has been saved and then if not
prompt for the part of the filename before the date. If then the document
has been saved, you could eliminate the date from the filename and add a
new name. This of course will delete any document of the same name saved
on the same date.
There seems little point showing the Dialog(wdDialogFileSaveAs) unless you
are going to offer the dated name to the user, and it will add confusion
as any name the user enters in the dialog will be overwritten. For a
document template for a particular task something like the following might
suffice

Dim sName As String
Dim vName As Variant
With ActiveDocument
If Len(.Path) = 0 Then
.Save
sName = .name
'or instead of the previous 2 lines
'sName = InputBox("Enter filename (without the date)")
Else
vName = Split(.name, ".")
sName = Left(vName(0), Len(vName(0)) - 11)
End If
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
.name = sName & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
.Show
End With
End With

If you want something a little more universally applicable - see
http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use:

Dim Fkill As String
Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show
With ActiveDocument
Fkill = .FullName
.SaveAs .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
Kill Fkill


--
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

"janey" wrote in message
...
I think I must be missing something!

I want to use this macro in my office templates only.
I started with just one of them e.g. Office1.dot (which I brought over
from Word 2003 to 2007).
I created a macro called FileSaveAs:

Sub FileSaveAs()
'
' FileSaveAs Macro
' Saves a copy of the document in a separate file
'
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.saveas .Name & " " & Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd")
End With
End If
End With
End Sub

I then closed the template and opened a new document based on it. When I
pressed Save and put in a file name, e.g. Test, I got a file called
"Document1 2010-02-28.docx

How do I get this to be: Test 2010-02-28.docx please?

When I have this right, do I have to put the same macro in my other
office templates individually?


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Instead of naming it FileSaveAs() call it something else and run it
from a toolbar button or suitable keyboard shortcut.
or
Insert the FileSaveAs macro only in the template that requires it - and
not the normal template.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"janey" wrote in message
...
I was very interested in this reply as I save documents in this way so
it will save me having to put the date in each time I create a
document.

However, is there a way of NOT running this macro - e.g. if I am
creating a template which does not need to have the date in the name?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Use a macro containing the following commands:

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
If .Display Then
With ActiveDocument
.SaveAs Format(Date, "yyyy-mm-dd") & " " & .Name
End With
End If
End With

If you create the macro with the name of Sub FileSaveAs() in your
normal.dot template or in an add-in, it will run whenever the
FileSaveAs command is used.

--
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

wrote in message
...
I have some questions hopefully someone can assist.

I want to save my word documents by default in the d:\path location
with the following format

"2010-02-26 File Name.doc "- I would like to insert the date
automatically.

Appreciate your assistance.





 




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