WD: Doc Error: Save All Command Does Not Confirm Each Document

Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q120090
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

There is a documentation error in the "Save All command (File menu)" topic in Word 6.0 online Help. (To open this Help topic, choose the Help button on the Standard toolbar, then choose Save All from the File menu.)

This Help topic contains the following statement, which is not true for Word 6.0:

   Word asks you to confirm that you want to save each open document
   before saving it.

Word 6.0 does not ask you to confirm that you want to save any open document that has already been saved.

Note: The above statement is true for Word 2.x for Windows, but not for Word 6.0 for Windows or the Macintosh.

WORKAROUND

If you want Word 6.0 to ask you to confirm that you want to save each open document when you choose Save All from the File menu, create the following global FileSaveAll macro:

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Sub Main
 FileSaveAll 0, 2
End Sub

Kbcategory: kbusage kbmacro KBSubcategory:


Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword macword word6
docerr prompts wrong
Keywords : kbmacro
Version : WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c; MACINTOSH: 6.0;


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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
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