Word 2003 - Save file with revision number automatically to name

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Lea Mason

How can I set up Word 2003 to automatically add a number to the file name
when it is saved after editing? I have seen this but do not know how to set
it up.

For example, original file name:
mytext.doc

After editing by me or someone else, when saving, the file is automatically
saved as
mytext [2].doc
 
Hello Lea

Lea said:
How can I set up Word 2003 to automatically add a number to the file name
when it is saved after editing? I have seen this but do not know how to set
it up.

For example, original file name:
mytext.doc

After editing by me or someone else, when saving, the file is automatically
saved as
mytext [2].doc
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this can be done with a macro. The following FAQ article describes code
that goes some way there (with fixed directory, I think):

How to save a document using a filename that gets incremented by 1 each
time if the filename already exists (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SaveIncrementedFilename.htm

HTH
Robert
 
At my company we've had this happen sporatically ... almost like the person
writing the document turned on a feature accidentally. Could someone have
set an option to have this happen without knowing they did it? Using the
code provided in SaveIncrementedFilename.htm would you place it in
ThisDocument?

Thanks.

Kim.


Robert M. Franz (RMF) said:
Hello Lea

Lea said:
How can I set up Word 2003 to automatically add a number to the file name
when it is saved after editing? I have seen this but do not know how to set
it up.

For example, original file name:
mytext.doc

After editing by me or someone else, when saving, the file is automatically
saved as
mytext [2].doc
Click to expand...

this can be done with a macro. The following FAQ article describes code
that goes some way there (with fixed directory, I think):

How to save a document using a filename that gets incremented by 1 each
time if the filename already exists (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/SaveIncrementedFilename.htm

HTH
Robert
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