saving all documents at once

WordPerfect had a feature which allowed you to save not
only your current document, but all documents which were
open at the time. The next time you opened up
WordPerfect, you could continue right where you left off.
Does anyone know if Word has a feature similar to this?
Appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.

It does not have a save workspace command. You can start up in any document
where you left off by pressing Shift-F5 when you open it. You can also set
it up to show up to the nine documents last used under the File menu. Tools
= Options = General


General Info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:

Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each program's
methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use one of these
programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a string! You can
easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are unwilling to take
the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick to using Word Pad.
You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on a lot of raw
power.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm
http://businesssoft.about.com/comput.../blconvert.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub


Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and now
regret every day of those years because although that string was still very
hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very important
projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word concept of
organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into place and instead
of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on the very powerful
text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it will start doing your
work for you instead of running around behind you trying to undo what you
just thought you did.

Finally, in WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text -
boilerplate. In Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and
AutoCorrect, not macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more
information on these tools.
It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit
each day.
You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For some
form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For more about online
forms, follow the links at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to use in Word... In a word,
don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents long-term.
They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you at the worst
time. This is especially true of any documents containing automatic
numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word using the
following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template. This
will create a new document for you.

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to create
a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word, construct a
good, tight, template for your documents and use that template when
constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid embarrassing
"metadata" http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm and things like
surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents.


--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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from my ignorance and your wisdom.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Cindy" wrote in message
...
WordPerfect had a feature which allowed you to save not
only your current document, but all documents which were
open at the time. The next time you opened up
WordPerfect, you could continue right where you left off.
Does anyone know if Word has a feature similar to this?
Appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.

Thanks so much, you have been very helpful.
-----Original Message-----
It does not have a save workspace command. You can start
up in any document
where you left off by pressing Shift-F5 when you open it.
You can also set
it up to show up to the nine documents last used under
the File menu. Tools
= Options = General


General Info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:

Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one
another. Each program's
methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to
use one of these
programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a
string! You can
easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are
unwilling to take
the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick
to using Word Pad.
You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on
a lot of raw
power.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...WordPerfect.ht
m
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...rfectConverter
s.htm
http://businesssoft.about.com/comput...sssoft/library
/blconvert.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...CreateATemplat
ePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...CreateATemplat
ePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...sNumberingExpl
ained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...WhatTemplatesS
tore.htm

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to
display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want
(something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do
this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub


Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I
resisted for years and now
regret every day of those years because although that
string was still very
hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had
some very important
projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the
Word concept of
organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls
into place and instead
of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on
the very powerful
text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it
will start doing your
work for you instead of running around behind you trying
to undo what you
just thought you did.

Finally, in WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks
of text -
boilerplate. In Word this function is filled by
Templates, AutoText and
AutoCorrect, not macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText
for more
information on these tools.
It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down
and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top
priority to do that bit
each day.
You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query
the user. For some
form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For
more about online
forms, follow the links at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...inTheBlanks.ht
m especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to use in
Word... In a word,
don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted
documents long-term.
They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will
get you at the worst
time. This is especially true of any documents containing
automatic
numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in
Word using the
following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not)
save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how
you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from
the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way
you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick
your template. This
will create a new document for you.

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and
edit it to create
a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In
Word, construct a
good, tight, template for your documents and use that
template when
constructing new documents. Among other things, this can
avoid embarrassing
"metadata"
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm and
things like
surprise headers and footers from creeping into new
documents.


--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is
awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------
--
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is
awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------
--
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Cindy" wrote in
message
...
WordPerfect had a feature which allowed you to save not
only your current document, but all documents which were
open at the time. The next time you opened up
WordPerfect, you could continue right where you left
off.
Does anyone know if Word has a feature similar to this?
Appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.


.

Fortunately, there is a way to access the Save All
command. If you hold down the Shift key as you click on
the File menu, you will see that the Save command changes
to Save All, and the Close command changes to Close All.
Select one of these options and you can either save or
close every open document you have.

This tip applies to Word 6, Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000,
and Word 2002.


-----Original Message-----
WordPerfect had a feature which allowed you to save not
only your current document, but all documents which were
open at the time. The next time you opened up
WordPerfect, you could continue right where you left
off.
Does anyone know if Word has a feature similar to this?
Appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.
.

It is also possible to add the FileSaveAll command to the File menu or
to a toolbar (use Tools Customize).

--
Stefan Blom


skrev i meddelandet
...


Fortunately, there is a way to access the Save All
command. If you hold down the Shift key as you click on
the File menu, you will see that the Save command changes
to Save All, and the Close command changes to Close All.
Select one of these options and you can either save or
close every open document you have.

This tip applies to Word 6, Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000,
and Word 2002.


-----Original Message-----
WordPerfect had a feature which allowed you to save not
only your current document, but all documents which were
open at the time. The next time you opened up
WordPerfect, you could continue right where you left
off.
Does anyone know if Word has a feature similar to this?
Appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.
.