Word 2007 - Send to

[abrielle]

I am using Word 2007 and would like to add an item to the Send options as I
often need to put the document in a Dropbox folder.

Is this possible, please?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It is possible to add locations to the Send To menu in Windows, but I don't
believe it has ever been possible to add to the menu in Word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jay Freedman]

While you can't add anything to the Send To menu in Word 2007, you can install the following macro (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed) and assign a button on the Quick Access
Toolbar to run it.

Be sure to change the assignment of DboxName (in the fourth line) to the actual location of your Dropbox folder, and make sure the path ends with a backslash.

Sub SendToDropbox()
Dim FName As String
Dim DboxName As String
DboxName = "C:\Users\<your name>\Documents\My Dropbox\"

With ActiveDocument
If .Path = "" Then ' not saved yet
If Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show <> -1 Then
MsgBox "Document is not saved. Exiting..."
Exit Sub
End If
End If

FName = .FullName
DboxName = DboxName & .Name
.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
FileCopy FName, DboxName
Documents.Open FName
End With
End Sub

 

[abrielle]

Thank you - just what I was looking for!

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message

While you can't add anything to the Send To menu in Word 2007, you can
install the following macro (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
if needed) and assign a button on the Quick Access
Toolbar to run it.

Be sure to change the assignment of DboxName (in the fourth line) to the
actual location of your Dropbox folder, and make sure the path ends with a
backslash.

Sub SendToDropbox()
Dim FName As String
Dim DboxName As String
DboxName = "C:\Users\<your name>\Documents\My Dropbox\"

With ActiveDocument
If .Path = "" Then ' not saved yet
If Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show <> -1 Then
MsgBox "Document is not saved. Exiting..."
Exit Sub
End If
End If

FName = .FullName
DboxName = DboxName & .Name
.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
FileCopy FName, DboxName
Documents.Open FName
End With
End Sub

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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all may benefit.

 

[abrielle]

Would it also be possible to save the document to a particular folder on my
PC and then send a copy to Dropbox, i.e. leaving the original in the home
folder?

"abrielle" wrote in message
Thank you - just what I was looking for!

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message

While you can't add anything to the Send To menu in Word 2007, you can
install the following macro (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
if needed) and assign a button on the Quick Access
Toolbar to run it.

Be sure to change the assignment of DboxName (in the fourth line) to the
actual location of your Dropbox folder, and make sure the path ends with a
backslash.

Sub SendToDropbox()
Dim FName As String
Dim DboxName As String
DboxName = "C:\Users\<your name>\Documents\My Dropbox\"

With ActiveDocument
If .Path = "" Then ' not saved yet
If Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show <> -1 Then
MsgBox "Document is not saved. Exiting..."
Exit Sub
End If
End If

FName = .FullName
DboxName = DboxName & .Name
.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
FileCopy FName, DboxName
Documents.Open FName
End With
End Sub

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[Graham Mayor]

See the macro to save to two locations at
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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