Automatically save a copy of active document

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Jürgen - 29 Aug 2003 16:06 GMT

Hi Folks,

I would like zu make word 2000 automatically save a copy
of the active document in a special network backup folder.
As far as I know, the feature offered by Word will save
the backup copy in the same folder as the active document.
I would like to customize that target folder.

Thanks in advance.

Juergen

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 30 Aug 2003 00:58 GMT

Hi J?rgen,

Create a macro with the name FileSave (which will then run in place of
Word's File>Save command) and in it use the following:

Dim fname As String, flname As String
ActiveDocument.Save
fname = ActiveDocument.Name
flname = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveDocument.Close
FileCopy flname, [new path] \ " & fname"
Documents.Open flname

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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