Prompt before saving over a document

[Guest]

I am using Word 2003 on XP home and XP Pro. I want to be prompted if i
create a new file and try to save with the same name as a file i have already
made. Word 2003 is allowing me to save over a file and not prompt me before
hand.

Thank you.

B

 

[Guest]

Hello -

In nearly twenty years on three different Operating Systems I have _never_
seen this happen. You will always get a prompt to overwrite an existing file
if you are, in fact, saving a _new_ file in the same directory with the same
name as an existing file.

What is more likely is that you are opening an _existing_ file, making
changes to it & then saving, which _does_ update the current file with the
recent changes. That is how it should be. Just making changes to an existing
file _doesn't_ make it a _new_ file.

If you insist on using an existing file as the basis for a new one, you must
use the Save As command rather than Save in orer to create the _new_ file.

HTH |:>)

 

[Guest]

Actually, i am opening a file that i use as a blank invoice (has my header
and stuff on it), and then save it as a specific file with the customer's
email address. If i accidentally process an order a second time, i used to
get prompted tht the file already exists and then i know i have doubled up.
Now, it just saves over the existing file and doesn't notify me of anything.
so i am opening HM-invoice.doc and saving as amazon_davyjones.doc. If i
accidentalyl process davy jones again (or even a lwter date for a second
order) and open hm-invoice.doc and try to save as amazon_davyjones.doc... i
have been prompted in the past if i want to overwrite or save as a different
filename as file already exists with the same name. does this make more
sense?

thanks so much,

b

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, aside from the fact that your blank invoice should be a template (.dot
file) instead of a document, so that you always have to use Save As, you
should not be seeing the behavior that you report unless you are saving the
new file in a different folder.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Will Dearden]

Don't worry drbsaks...I believe you. Because after installing the group
policy objects 3 days ago to control office 2003 configuration for the
end user we are experiencing the exact same phenomenon. I have never
seen this before, and am completely perplexed. I have tested it several
times. Open a word doc, goto file=>save as, leave the name alone, and
click save. It overwrites the file without prompting. It is specific
to word, as Excel still prompts before overwriting the file. Any and
all help would be appreciated.

System:

WIN2K SERVER SP4
HP PROLIANT DL380 G3
TERM SERVICES ENVIRON
CITRIX
50 USERS

Well, aside from the fact that your blank invoice should be a
template (.dot
file) instead of a document, so that you always have to use Save As,
you
should not be seeing the behavior that you report unless you are
saving the
new file in a different folder.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"drbsaks"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you use Save As and don't change the name or folder, then you are in
effect saving, not saving as. Save As assumes a new filename.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Don't worry drbsaks...I believe you. Because after installing the group
policy objects 3 days ago to control office 2003 configuration for the
end user we are experiencing the exact same phenomenon. I have never
seen this before, and am completely perplexed. I have tested it several
times. Open a word doc, goto file=>save as, leave the name alone, and
click save. It overwrites the file without prompting. It is specific
to word, as Excel still prompts before overwriting the file. Any and
all help would be appreciated.

System:

WIN2K SERVER SP4
HP PROLIANT DL380 G3
TERM SERVICES ENVIRON
CITRIX
50 USERS

Well, aside from the fact that your blank invoice should be a
template (.dot
file) instead of a document, so that you always have to use Save As,
you
should not be seeing the behavior that you report unless you are
saving the
new file in a different folder.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"drbsaks"

 

[Graham Mayor]

Hmmm. Try this on a dcument that contains a createdate field. Using SaveAs
and the same filename will reset the createdate field to the current date
(which of course a plain Save will not). As Will says, you don't get a
warning - and I haven't installed the extra software

--
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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If you use Save As and don't change the name or folder, then you are
in effect saving, not saving as. Save As assumes a new filename.

Don't worry drbsaks...I believe you. Because after installing the
group policy objects 3 days ago to control office 2003 configuration
for the end user we are experiencing the exact same phenomenon. I
have never seen this before, and am completely perplexed. I have
tested it several times. Open a word doc, goto file=>save as, leave
the name alone, and click save. It overwrites the file without
prompting. It is specific to word, as Excel still prompts before
overwriting the file. Any and all help would be appreciated.

System:

WIN2K SERVER SP4
HP PROLIANT DL380 G3
TERM SERVICES ENVIRON
CITRIX
50 USERS

Well, aside from the fact that your blank invoice should be a
template (.dot
file) instead of a document, so that you always have to use Save As,
you
should not be seeing the behavior that you report unless you are
saving the
new file in a different folder.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"drbsaks"

 

[Guest]

I have found multiple ways to force office applications to disable the alerts
before overwriting a file when writing software that uses them, but there are
still no answers as to why after installing the GP objects and enforcing
them, the prompt before overwrite function quits working in word. It is not
user error, but it is something that word, excel, etc. have always done. You
are correct susan, if you don't change the file name, you are doing a save.
But that isn't the point. The point is that word "used" to prompt if you
forgot to change the file name, thus preventing you from overwriting a
document you didn't want to overwrite. Now it just overwrites it. I would
view it as a change in Office 2003, but Excel still prompts you?????

Hmmm. Try this on a dcument that contains a createdate field. Using SaveAs
and the same filename will reset the createdate field to the current date
(which of course a plain Save will not). As Will says, you don't get a
warning - and I haven't installed the extra software

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

If you use Save As and don't change the name or folder, then you are
in effect saving, not saving as. Save As assumes a new filename.

Don't worry drbsaks...I believe you. Because after installing the
group policy objects 3 days ago to control office 2003 configuration
for the end user we are experiencing the exact same phenomenon. I
have never seen this before, and am completely perplexed. I have
tested it several times. Open a word doc, goto file=>save as, leave
the name alone, and click save. It overwrites the file without
prompting. It is specific to word, as Excel still prompts before
overwriting the file. Any and all help would be appreciated.

System:

WIN2K SERVER SP4
HP PROLIANT DL380 G3
TERM SERVICES ENVIRON
CITRIX
50 USERS


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Well, aside from the fact that your blank invoice should be a
template (.dot
file) instead of a document, so that you always have to use Save As,
you
should not be seeing the behavior that you report unless you are
saving the
new file in a different folder.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"drbsaks"