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| Thread ID: 26462 | 2002-10-28 04:38:00 | Calling Babe Ruth - save as problem continues! | write-click (2248) | Press F1 |
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| 93689 | 2002-10-28 04:38:00 | Hi Babe, my "blasted save as problem" post has turned into a motorcycle memory lane so I'm not surprised no one other than dedicated riders is responding! In your last post you asked me to tell you exactly what I was doing to get the orange flashing in Word - well here it is, step-by-step! Here's hoping this makes sense and you, or someone else, may be able to help. This is what I'm doing to get this orange flashing - Click on Start menu; click on My Documents; click on a folder - say editing work; click on a saved document within that folder - say Community Help 2001 Update; click on save as and the orange box appears. After that, I have to click on the orange box to bring up the dialogue box which allows me to save it under a different name. However, if I click on Start menu; open Word; then open the saved document as above, it allows me to save as without the orange box appearing. I am running Windows XP and do not fiddle with settings, etc. because (in case you hadn't guessed!) I don't know what I'm doing. As mentioned, someone came around who said they could clear out my unused files, etc. and the problem has only been happening since then. I don't think he knows all that much about computers either, as there were two copies of Word listed on my Start menu and he said he could delete one - then he looked horrified and said both had gone! I don't know what he did next, but then he said it was okay as it had returned. As you can imagine, I am not keen to have him anywhere near my computer again, even to fix what he may have done wrong - if he knew what that was! I didn't really want him to touch it in the first place but he told me it would slow down my computer. Better that than this annoying flashing! Any ideas of how to get rid of it would be appreciated - but please bear in mind I make novices look intelligent, so any solutions (if it is something I can reasonably do myself) will need to be in pretty simple, step-by-step language! I appreciate all the help so far, even if the problem hasn't gone away entirely. |
write-click (2248) | ||
| 93690 | 2002-10-28 04:57:00 | > Click on Start menu; click on My Documents; click on > a folder - say editing work; click on a saved > document within that folder - say Community Help 2001 > Update; click on save as and the orange box appears. Lost me at this point. You click on a file, can you confirm that this then opens Word, and that is where you are selecting Save As? Sorry if I am a bit obtuse, but just want to try and re-create it here. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 93691 | 2002-10-28 05:12:00 | godfather, what she is saying is that if she opens a previously edited .doc file and thereby launching Word with that file it gives her the orange box when she does a "save as". If she opens Word first then opens the file required within Word and then does the "save as" she doesn't get the orange box. Do I make better sense? :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 93692 | 2002-10-28 06:23:00 | Thats what I had always assumed, until I read this post. Then I was left wondering if she had a "save as" option on windows explorer... If you read it step by step, you will see what I mean.. "click on a saved document within that folder - say Community Help 2001 Update; click on save as and the orange box appears" No mention of having to click on "File" before "save as" which would have given the clue that Word was now open. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 93693 | 2002-10-28 06:52:00 | Yes, I see what you mean. I just thought she had fast-forwarded a step or two, but when you read it like that.... I don't have Win XP yet so I don't know if that's possible in XP's Windows Explorer, so we'll just have to wait and see what she says when she comes back. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 93694 | 2002-10-28 07:03:00 | No its not in my setup, wondered if it was an add-in from something. Probably way off course here anyway. It just seems (assuming Word opens) that Word steals the focus for some reason. It works OK in my setup, but I cannot help wondering whats so difficult in opening Word first anyway. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 93695 | 2002-10-28 07:46:00 | Hi Susan B, Godfather, Write-Click . . . sorry been a bit busy this afternoon . Now back to the Word problem . I've been testing this scenario and I now believe we were all on the right track (unlike the earlier thread - motorcycling . . . ) in regards to a possible registry problem in particular with the file associations registered for Word . So let me finish my testing and I'll post back here Cheers, Babe . |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 93696 | 2002-10-28 08:19:00 | Hey I got the orange box!!!! I followed the steps outlined by write-click. When I click on 'save as' the orange box flashes in the bottom task bar. Click on it twice and 'save as window' appears. hmmm. I think it flashes to let you know that you have opened something but you have yet to view/read it. I get the same flashing box occassionaly when I open msn messenger from the start menu. I wonder if it a quirk/design of MS to notify you when there is a new unviewed document/window open. hope this helps sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 93697 | 2002-10-28 08:33:00 | You are running Windows XP with the candy coated wrap theme (just what I call it). WinXP now uses a flashing orange in the task bar instead of a flashing blue for earlier Windows to catch your attention of a program that has opened and is not the program being viewed (active). Maybe this isn't what you're talking about but hopefully it is and you understand what I just said. I sometimes don't explain things properly. |
~qwerty (2369) | ||
| 93698 | 2002-10-28 11:58:00 | Write-Click, As I mentioned a little earlier I believe the problem is in the registry of your system. (The registry is a 'database' holding a lot of significant information about your system, applications and settings etc). Now I need you to try the following (VERY carefully) Close any application you are running... in particular Word. You will need your Office CD handy because it will be required to be put in the CDROM drive when prompted Now Click the START button Click on the RUN command option In the RUN window in the open box type the following (I am assuming you have your Word application on the C: drive/partition - usually so) "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE" /regserver The quotes are necessary Once you have typed the command above in, click on the OK button When a window pops up asking for your Office CD put the CD into your cdrom drive and click OK Now after a few seconds (maybe up to 1 minute) even though no other prompts should come up you have finished with the CD and with the little exercise I have described. No other sign of any happening may be noticed beside the flicker of lights on your pc drive(s). What we have done is reregister Winword and reassociated file objects of type DOC. Now although this may be a little bit of gobbledegook I'm hoping that the problem you were having has gone away. If not then it is time for Phase II. Please post back with any query(s) and/or the result of trying this please. Cheers, Babe. |
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