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From: gerhard@cs.arizona.edu (Gerhard Mehldau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MS-WORD:  I don't want "Fast Save"
Summary: RTFM
Message-ID: <2477@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 16:25:00 GMT
References: <1498@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <1498@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu>, sandell@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Greg Sandell) writes:
> When I select the "Save as..." command in MS-WORD, the "Fast Save" 
> option is checked.  I can't seem to turn this option off in a
> permanent way.  When I click on the box, yes, the X in the box
> disappears...but next time I go back to "Save as", the stupid thing
> is set to do Fast Save again!  

> It would be nice to turn Fast Save off and make it a *default*.  When
> I try selecting "File Format..." in the "Save As..." dialog, there is indeed
> a "Default format for file" checkbox, but it is *deactivated* whenever
> I have selected "Normal" file format.  So, it's impossible to click in 
> the "Default format for file" checkbox.  

> I also looked in the command "Preferences...".  there's nothing there
> that can help either.

Close, but no cigar -- it's the next one down.  From the manual, p.312:

"To have Word perform a full, normal save each time you choose the Save
command, you can turn off the Fast Save Enabled option, available through
the Commands command.  With this option off, the Fast Save option in the
Save As dialog box remains dimmed.  To turn the Fast Save Enabled option
on and off, select Fast Save Enabled from the list in the Commands dialog
box, and then click the Do button."

Now _that's_ what I call intuitive :-) !

- Gerhard


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