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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
"Bert Coules" wrote in message
news Why? Why do you want to know? Bert Because it seems to me that you are making a mountain out of a molehill. The fact that a document saved to the desktop (and, BTW, the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data) shows the .doc extension to me is just something to ignore. I wouldn't even think about it. |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Save the document in the My Documents folder (or somewhere else reasonable).
Put a shortcut to the document on the desktop. You can name that shortcut anything you like. When you double-click on it, Word will open with that document loaded. Alternatively, you can add a shortcut to a template, and Word will start with a document based on that template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bert Coules" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote: May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show? It isn't imperative, merely desirable. As an alternative - and I'm sure that this is possible, though once again I can't find the instructions for love nor money - how do I configure Word 2000 so that it opens with a particular document already loaded? Bert |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Suzanne,
Thanks very much for that. I don't believe I've ever created a shortcut to a template, but it sounds like a good approach for what I need. Bert |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. If the user wants to put regularly used documents there, that surely is a matter for him? The displaying of document extensions is another matter entirely. If you don't want an extension, it might be better to put a link to the file on the desktop. You can name the link whatever you wish. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
... the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it can do. |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
Gordon wrote:
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it can do. I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics than practice. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed
I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics
than practice. That could well be the case. I certainly wouldn't want my desktop cluttered with documents, but I can understand how it might be convenient for some users who don't keep Word open all the time and consequently don't have the Work menu or File menu handy (though they could use Start | Documents). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote: "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed to store data The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption than any other. Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it can do. I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics than practice. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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