Re: A Macro to Save Files

And just how do you prepare each of those documents from the normal.dot
template? Starting with a blank page each time? Surely not.

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"JeanneJo" <JeanneJo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If I understand what you are saying, your userform approach isn't going to
work. There isn't one specific template involved: there are court
pleadings,
fax cover sheets, letterhead, and agreements which are prepared from the
normal.dot template. Creating a specific template for each type of
document,
for this one particular attorney, would not be a solution, from what I can
tell.

So - you're basically saying that a macro to perform this function is out
of
the question?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

The save part is easy - ActiveDocument.SaveAs "Path\Filename"

Getting the name for the file is where the work is and I would suggest
that
you should have a userform in the template from which the documents are
created that has controls on it into which the user enters that
information.
Almost certainly, the recipient and the name of the document are required
in
the document somewhere and once the data is entered into the userform,
the
code in the form could enter it into the document as well as save the
document with the required name.

See the article "How to create a Userform" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm


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"JeanneJo" <JeanneJo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an attorney who wants a specific naming convention for his files:

2006.11.20_[Atty Initials]_[Name of Document]_[Recipient].doc

The attorney initials would not exceed 3 spaces. Since there are
several
associates/legal staff who are going to be required to implement this
method
for this particular attorney, I thought a macro would be the easiest
way
of
getting the job done and ensure consistency for everyone involved.

Since I have yet to write a macro in Word, I thought this forum would
be a
very good place to start gathering information for this project. Thank
you
in advance for any help you can provide me.





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