Microsoft KB Archive/169937

= WD97: Avoiding "Save As" Alert When Saving to Different Format =

Article ID: 169937

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q169937





SUMMARY
When you save a file in a format other than the default Microsoft Word 97 format, the Office Assistant may prompt that you may lose some features.

This article discusses a method you can use to avoid this prompt each time you save a document.



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To prevent the Office Assistant prompt you each time you save a document in a format other than Word 97, you need to create three Visual Basic for Applications macros. Name each macro as follows:

FileSave, FileSaveAs, and Save_SaveAs

then type the following example Visual Basic for Applications code into each respective macro: Sub FileSave ' If the document has not been saved ' display the File SaveAs dialog. If ActiveDocument.Saved = False Then ' Call the Save_SaveAs macro. Save_SaveAs Else ' Otherwise, save the document. ActiveDocument.Save End If  End Sub

Sub FileSaveAs ' Call the Save_SaveAs macro. Save_SaveAs End Sub

Public Sub Save_SaveAs

' **********************************************     ' This macro replaces the default functionality ' of the FileSaveAs command. ' **********************************************     Dim myDialog As Dialog Set myDialog = Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs) ' Display the Dialog and save the document. If myDialog.Display Then ActiveDocument.SaveAs myDialog.Name, myDialog.Format, _ myDialog.LockAnnot, myDialog.Password, myDialog.AddToMru, _ myDialog.WritePassword, myDialog.RecommendReadOnly, _ myDialog.EmbedFonts, myDialog.NativePictureFormat, _ myDialog.FormsData, myDialog.SaveAsAOCELetter End If  End Sub For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

