Re: saving all documents at once

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From: Cindy (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:22:39 -0700

Thanks so much, you have been very helpful.
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>It does not have a save workspace command. You can start
up in any document
>where you left off by pressing Shift-F5 when you open it.
You can also set
>it up to show up to the nine documents last used under
the File menu. Tools
>=> Options => General
>
>
>General Info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:
>
>Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one
another. Each program's
>methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to
use one of these
>programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a
string! You can
>easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are
unwilling to take
>the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick
to using Word Pad.
>You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on
a lot of raw
>power.
>
>See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.ht
m
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordPerfectConverter
s.htm
>http://businesssoft.about.com/compute/businesssoft/library
/blconvert.htm
>for information on Word for Word Perfect users.
>
>For more:
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplat
ePart2.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplat
ePart1.htm
>http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExpl
ained.htm
>http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
>http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesS
tore.htm
>
>In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to
display in a
>special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want
(something like
>pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do
this.
>Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
> Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
>End Sub
>
>
>Learn about Styles - really learn!
>http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I
resisted for years and now
>regret every day of those years because although that
string was still very
>hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had
some very important
>projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the
Word concept of
>organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls
into place and instead
>of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on
the very powerful
>text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it
will start doing your
>work for you instead of running around behind you trying
to undo what you
>just thought you did.
>
>Finally, in WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks
of text -
>boilerplate. In Word this function is filled by
Templates, AutoText and
>AutoCorrect, not macros. Follow the links at
>http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#AutoText
for more
>information on these tools.
>It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down
and do a bit each
>day, but I would recommend that you make it a top
priority to do that bit
>each day.
> You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query
the user. For some
>form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For
more about online
>forms, follow the links at
>http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.ht
m especially Dian
>Chapman's series of articles.
>
>As for converting documents from Word Perfect to use in
Word... In a word,
>don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted
documents long-term.
>They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will
get you at the worst
>time. This is especially true of any documents containing
automatic
>numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in
Word using the
>following process:
>In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not)
save your files as
>text files.
>Use your converted files as references to show you how
you want your
>formatting to look.
>Create a new document in Word and insert the text from
the text file. Save
>this new document as a Word template. Format it the way
you want using
>styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
>To use a template within Word, use File => New and pick
your template. This
>will create a new document for you.
>
>General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and
edit it to create
>a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In
Word, construct a
>good, tight, template for your documents and use that
template when
>constructing new documents. Among other things, this can
avoid embarrassing
>"metadata"
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm and
things like
>surprise headers and footers from creeping into new
documents.
>
>
>--
>
>Charles Kenyon
>
>Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word
>
>Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of
>Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
>See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is
awesome!
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>
>Charles Kenyon
>
>Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: 
http://addbalance.com/word
>
>Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented 
version of
>Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) 
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
>See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is 
awesome!
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>"Cindy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message
>news:55c901c42d2b$be295540$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> WordPerfect had a feature which allowed you to save not
>> only your current document, but all documents which were
>> open at the time.  The next time you opened up
>> WordPerfect, you could continue right where you left 
off.
>> Does anyone know if Word has a feature similar to this?
>> Appreciate any and all help.  Thanks in advance.
>
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