Saving MS Word 2002 files

[Guest]

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I will save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept. My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10 and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder, or a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing my own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

 

[R. McCarty]

The tilde (~) files are the workspace files for Word. I don't believe you
can work with a Word document without the associated temp file. If
your PC is equipped with adequate RAM, I wouldn't suspect Word and
it's background workspace files slowing a system down.

You might get better help asking this question in the Office NGs.

 

[Gordon]

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly
save these files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1
hour I will save the file to a Flash drive.

Why not just activate autosave?

 

[Guest]

Thanks, the problem lies in the number of tilde (~) files that any one
document creates., it is usally more than 4. I know that by "messing" with
the TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE options, it will vary the number of tilde
files associated with each document. What I believe is slowing the system
down, is that all of these files, at least four, for each document are open,
and register the same memory as the file they are linked to.
I still think that the problem lies in the ALLLOW FAST SAVES, or ALLOW
BACKGROUND SAVES, or SAVE AUTORECORERY INFO EVERY __ Minutes" or a
combination of these.

The tilde (~) files are the workspace files for Word. I don't believe you
can work with a Word document without the associated temp file. If
your PC is equipped with adequate RAM, I wouldn't suspect Word and
it's background workspace files slowing a system down.

You might get better help asking this question in the Office NGs.

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save
these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I will
save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same
document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept. My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10 and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word
file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder, or
a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing my
own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

 

[R. McCarty]

Here's an excellent resource on explaining some of those Word options:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm

Thanks, the problem lies in the number of tilde (~) files that any one
document creates., it is usally more than 4. I know that by "messing" with
the TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE options, it will vary the number of
tilde
files associated with each document. What I believe is slowing the system
down, is that all of these files, at least four, for each document are
open,
and register the same memory as the file they are linked to.
I still think that the problem lies in the ALLLOW FAST SAVES, or ALLOW
BACKGROUND SAVES, or SAVE AUTORECORERY INFO EVERY __ Minutes" or a
combination of these.

The tilde (~) files are the workspace files for Word. I don't believe you
can work with a Word document without the associated temp file. If
your PC is equipped with adequate RAM, I wouldn't suspect Word and
it's background workspace files slowing a system down.

You might get better help asking this question in the Office NGs.

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save
these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I
will
save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same
document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept.
My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10
and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing
my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word
file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder,
or
a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or
SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing
my
own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

 

[Rock]

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save
these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I will
save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same
document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept. My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10 and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word
file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder, or
a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing my
own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

Post to an MS Word newsgroup. This one is for the XP OS. Here is a link to
the MS Word general newsgroup on the web.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...5c5-204c-4bd9-8987-921cc132cb4c&lang=en&cr=us

 

[Guest]

Thanks again, you provided and excellent document/resource, part of the
answer to my original question, quoted from the document, is:

"One caveat: Word does create temp files while you’re working, and it
creates an additional one each time you save. If your hard drive is cramped
or your system resources limited, you will want to close and reopen the
document periodically to flush out these temp files.

Some of the temp files (especially if you've been pasting or editing
graphics or embedded objects) hang around until you quit Word, so when
working on long documents, you would be well advised to close and reopen Word
periodically as well, especially if your machine starts to slow down
noticeably.

Here's an excellent resource on explaining some of those Word options:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm

Thanks, the problem lies in the number of tilde (~) files that any one
document creates., it is usally more than 4. I know that by "messing" with
the TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE options, it will vary the number of
tilde
files associated with each document. What I believe is slowing the system
down, is that all of these files, at least four, for each document are
open,
and register the same memory as the file they are linked to.
I still think that the problem lies in the ALLLOW FAST SAVES, or ALLOW
BACKGROUND SAVES, or SAVE AUTORECORERY INFO EVERY __ Minutes" or a
combination of these.

The tilde (~) files are the workspace files for Word. I don't believe you
can work with a Word document without the associated temp file. If
your PC is equipped with adequate RAM, I wouldn't suspect Word and
it's background workspace files slowing a system down.

You might get better help asking this question in the Office NGs.

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save
these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I
will
save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same
document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept.
My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10
and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing
my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word
file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder,
or
a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or
SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing
my
own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

 

[LVTravel]

I think you can get rid of the additional (all but one) temp file by making
sure that Fast Saves is turned off. Click Tools, Options, Save, and remove
the check mark by Allow Fast Saves then OK out.

Let us know if this is the solution to your problem.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, will do for my next question.

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save
these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I will
save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same
document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept. My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10 and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word
file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder, or
a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing my
own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

Post to an MS Word newsgroup. This one is for the XP OS. Here is a link to
the MS Word general newsgroup on the web.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...5c5-204c-4bd9-8987-921cc132cb4c&lang=en&cr=us

 

[Guest]

Tried that, does not work. See link provided by R. McCarty

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly
save these files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1
hour I will save the file to a Flash drive.

Why not just activate autosave?

 

[Guest]

Tried that, does not work, see link provided by R. McCarty

I think you can get rid of the additional (all but one) temp file by making
sure that Fast Saves is turned off. Click Tools, Options, Save, and remove
the check mark by Allow Fast Saves then OK out.

Let us know if this is the solution to your problem.

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain
open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I constantly save
these
files by clicking on [Save] and resume working; every ½ to 1 hour I will
save
the file to a Flash drive.
The problem: I am ending up with multiple MS Word files of the same
document
in the Windows Explorer folder where the original word file is kept. My
files are usually larger than 1.5MEG and with multiple files, up to 10 and
more, of the same file with a different ~Temp.doc name, it is slowing my
computer down. The problem multiplies when I have more than one MS Word
file
open at a time, regardless of whether it is located in the same folder, or
a
different Windows Explorer folder.
Is there a setting, or settings, within [TOOLS]/OPTIONS/GENERAL or SAVE,
that will only give me one file in the folder ? As stated, I am doing my
own
backup on a separate drive and do not need auto recovery.
I very much appreciate your time one this matter.

 

[Gordon]

Tried that, does not work. See link provided by R. McCarty

I use MS Word version 2002 and have created word files (.doc) that I
maintain open on my computer for hours at a time, or all day. I
constantly save these files by clicking on [Save] and resume working;
every ½ to 1 hour I will save the file to a Flash drive.

Why not just activate autosave?

Umm what do you mean "doesn't work"? Do you mean that Autosave does not
function at all? Autosave will save your document(s) automatically, meaning
that you do NOT have to manually "save" every half an hour.......

 

[Gord Dibben]

Autosave was dropped starting with Office 2002.

Autoecovery is all you get and it won't save incrementally as Autosave did.

It saves the document as a temporary file at intervals you set.

Autorecovery just presents you with a recovery file if Word crashes, else it
deletes the temporary file when the document is sucessfully saved and closed.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Gordon]

Autosave was dropped starting with Office 2002.

Autoecovery is all you get and it won't save incrementally as Autosave
did.

It saves the document as a temporary file at intervals you set.

Autorecovery just presents you with a recovery file if Word crashes, else
it deletes the temporary file when the document is sucessfully saved and
closed.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Ah. Thanks for the pointer......glad I've moved to open Office - *THAT*
still has an autosave function