Re: Arrange files by date? Word keeps resetting to alphabetical.

I SPOKE TOO SOON! The files just reverted to alphabetical.
I looked for Acrobat 7, but don't seem to have that version, so that's not
the problem. I've done the "set view" in Explorer.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> This is something I guess I wouldn't notice so much because (a) I keep Word
> open all day, and (b) I *want* the files to be listed alphabetically. I'm
> guessing it still comes back to being a Windows setting. In Windows
> Explorer, in Tools | Folder Options | View, there is a button to set the
> view in all other folders Like Current Folder. This is probably tied, or at
> least related, to the Tools | Folder Options | View option to "Remember each
> folder's View settings," which seems to work in Explorer but doesn't affect
> Word (I use Details or Thumbnails in all Explorer folders, but List in
> Word).
>
> It's also possible that Word isn't saving your settings either because the
> Word Data key in the Registry is damaged (see
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm) or because an
> add-in is messing with your settings. For example, if you have Acrobat 7
> installed, see the last part of
> http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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> "CharWhite" <CharWhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1F0C34E3-6298-4888-B49C-3A9295BE4F87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I tried rearranging the files in Excel, and it set the Word files, too, by
> > date. But when I exited and returned the Word files were back to
> > alphabetical. Grrrr.
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> > > All I can say is that when I sort files by date in Excel, I notice that
> Word
> > > then has them in date order even though I prefer alphabetical.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > Words into Type
> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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> > > all may benefit.
> > >
> > > "CharWhite" <CharWhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:29352CE7-9D07-4EF5-8407-BD5933A3287B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Thanks - didn't work! Windows Explorer kept the "by date" sort, but
> Word
> > > > reverted again to alphabetical.
> > > > Help???
> > > >
> > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > This is a Windows setting. Have you changed it in Windows Explorer
> or in
> > > > > another application?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > > > Words into Type
> > > > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > > newsgroup so
> > > > > all may benefit.
> > > > >
> > > > > "CharWhite" <CharWhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > > news:655D8C6B-7D6D-4ACC-8FA7-DFF69BA8E3E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > I arrange files in Word's "open file dialog box" by descending
> date
> > > > > (views,
> > > > > > details, click date twice). When I re-open Word, the files are
> back in
> > > > > > alphabetical order. How can I make it stop messing with my files!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
>
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