When I save one version of a doc, it changes all versions saved

[Guest]

I'm using a wordart header and footer for several different documents. I
wrote the first one, then saved it. I then copied it and saved it by another
name, then changed the message and saved it again. I did this several (5 or
6) times. When I went back to the first doc and opened it, it was identical
to the last one I saved, as were all the rest! Help! They were docs, not
templates.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Q2FzZXliYXk=?=,

I'm using a wordart header and footer for several different documents. I
wrote the first one, then saved it. I then copied it and saved it by another
name, then changed the message and saved it again. I did this several (5 or
6) times. When I went back to the first doc and opened it, it was identical
to the last one I saved, as were all the rest! Help! They were docs, not
templates.

Copied it how; using exactly what commands? Which version of Word and Windows
is involved?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Guest]

I'm using Word 2002, Windows XP. Just opening an old version, then saving as
a new name. Then I make changes and hit the save icon. I have 5 docs listed
in the file, all different names, but all identical to the last one saved.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Q2FzZXliYXk=?=,

I'm using Word 2002, Windows XP. Just opening an old version, then saving as
a new name. Then I make changes and hit the save icon. I have 5 docs listed
in the file, all different names, but all identical to the last one saved.

"Old version". As in File/Versions?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Guest]

Sorry; I meant the version as in the first letter I wrote was the first
version. After I saved it as "letter1", I opened it and saved it as
"letter2", then changed the message in it and hit the save icon. Then opened
letter2, saved it as "letter3", changed the message in it and hit the save
icon, etc.
When I went back and looked, all the letters reflect the changes in the most
recent (letter5). Can't figure it out!

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Q2FzZXliYXk=?=,

Sorry; I meant the version as in the first letter I wrote was the first
version. After I saved it as "letter1", I opened it and saved it as
"letter2", then changed the message in it and hit the save icon. Then opened
letter2, saved it as "letter3", changed the message in it and hit the save
icon, etc.
When I went back and looked, all the letters reflect the changes in the most
recent (letter5). Can't figure it out!

Nor can I.

If you try the same again (new document to start with), does it happen, still?
Or does Word behave "normally" today?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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