Re: Characters allow in the title
From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 12/24/04
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:05:56 -0600
I guess that like many features in Word, this is one that is sort of there
as an afterthought or because some other program had a similar feature. That
it doesn't work very well or intuitively is left for fixing in a future
upgrade, if at all. Few users use the document properties. When I worked for
the government I think the phrase was "good enough for government work." I
guess one could extrapolate to a phrase of "good enough for Microsoft's end
users."
-- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "OHM ( Terry Burns )" <me@mine.com> wrote in message news:eABuwDe6EHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Thanks Charles, > > It would have been far more insightful for MS to have simply added a > property to the document to set the default fileSave name. I find it > incredible that Word 2003 is so lacking in this respect and many others > which I have discovered in the last few days. > > After coding in VS.NET this is like coming from a Boing 747 cockpit to a > twin engine Sesser. Really annoying. > > > Regards > > > -- > OHM ( Terry Burns ) * Use the following to email me * > > Dim ch() As Char = "ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray() > For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1 > ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1) > Next > Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch)) > -- > "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> wrote in > message news:ONEAe7d6EHA.128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> The default filename truncates at punctuation or other non-alphanumeric >> characters. Always has. It doesn't matter if the characters are legal for >> filenames. Don't know of a fix. A workaround would involve a macro that >> intercepts the Save command (and other methods of getting the SaveAs >> dialog) and actually puts the Title property contents into the suggested >> name. >> "OHM ( Terry Burns )" <me@mine.com> wrote in message >> news:eisNoFc6EHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >>> HI Jeff, >>> >>> Fair point I could have stated the operating system (XP) but the point >>> is not if the characters are valid or not, simply that only Alpha >>> Numerics are allowed Despite the legal characters such as an underscore >>> cause the filename taken from the title field to break. >>> >>> So for example, title = My_FileName >>> >>> When saving the new document, the Save Dialog box contains 'My' >>> >>> Whereas 'My Filename' works >>> >>> See my dilema now ? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> OHM ( Terry Burns ) * Use the following to email me * >>> >>> Dim ch() As Char = "ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray() >>> For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1 >>> ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1) >>> Next >>> Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch)) >>> -- >>> "JBNewsGroup" <jerrybemail-newsgroup@yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:%23zDpw$b6EHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >>>> Hi Terry, >>>> >>>> You did not say which operating system you are on, but start with >>>> reading: >>>> >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_rbrx.asp >>>> >>>> You could also go to www.microsoft.com and type "file names" into the >>>> search >>>> box. Some of the results are extraneous but should give you a starting >>>> point. Below is the address for the above search results: >>>> >>>> http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=%22file+Names%22 >>>> >>>> Jerry Bodoff >>>> >>>> >>>> "OHM ( Terry Burns )" <me@mine.com> wrote in message >>>> news:uhEZh9a6EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >>>>> As we all know the title property of the document can be used as a >>>>> default >>>>> file save name, however, I have found that it will accept characters >>>>> like >>>> _ >>>>> or : in the title, but will ignore anything after those. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know of an escape sequance which can be used to make word >>>>> interpret these as literals. Backslash does not work. >>>>> >>>>> Hey ho the nuances of word have me baffled again. ! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> OHM ( Terry Burns ) * Use the following to email me * >>>>> >>>>> Dim ch() As Char = "ufssz/cvsotAhsfbuTpmvujpotXjui/OFU".ToCharArray() >>>>> For i As Int32 = 0 To ch.Length - 1 >>>>> ch(i) = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt16(ch(i)) - 1) >>>>> Next >>>>> Process.Start("mailto:" & New String(ch)) >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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