insert "save as" in macro

[Guest]

I have a macro to open a document but I want it to also give me the "save as"
screen right away. I tried this but can't click stop on the macro from the
"save as" screen. Thanks!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

If you are opening a document and going immediately to Save As, your
document probably should be a template and you should be using File > New.
Then the document on the screen will have all the text from your template
but will be a new document and the user will have to give it a new name to
save it. It is very difficult to write over the original template.

To get the SaveAs dialog box, you need to write code. If a template is not
what you want, write back and I or someone else will give you directions.
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Every initial save is a Save As, though.

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[Guest]

Charles' and Suzanne's posts were each helpful. My problem was that,
although I had tried using a template, I wasn't opening it as a template.
Once I opened it as a template and it assigned Document # as the temporary
name, it gave me the save as screen even if I inadvertently clicked CTRL-S.
Now that I have my macro set up to open the template the proper way, I think
my problem is solved! Thanks!!!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Uhm - the proper way to use a template is to create an new document.

When you save that document you'll need to assign a name.

If it isn't working this way, and if you have a Word template, something is
wrong.
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