File Selection and New file names

[rlh]

Question #1: When in the "Open File" dialog box of Publish 2002, the CTL and
SHIFT keys do not work to select multiple files. This works in Word 2002 and
Excel 2002 and also worked in Publish 2000. Is there a setting to allow this?
Question #2: How do you get Publish 2002 to return to the folder of the
"last" file opened when opening another file? Sometimes it returns to "My
Docs", other times to the last folder (within my Docs) with apparently no
logic, mostly returning to My Docs.
Comment: Same as AB24U's message 1-24-05. When started using Publish 2002
on new computer and opening files created in Publish 2000, it did not open
the file as its own named file, but kept opening them as a new untitled Pub
file. However it started working ok later with no change on my part.

 

[Mary Sauer]

You cannot select multiple files in 2000. To have more than one file open in
Publisher 2000 one has to have the application open multiple times. You can have
multiple publications open in 2002, but you have to open them one at a time. I think
you mis-remembered.
Have you set Publisher's options to open publications in a specific folder?

 

[rlh]

I did set the options to open in a specific folder but changed it back to My
Docs. Should it not open to what is specified until opening in a new folder,
then default to the working folder - not the specified folder.

Does F8 still highlight the whole document?

Thanks

 

[Mary Sauer]

F8 selects the whole document in Word, but not Publisher. The Open command in
Publisher will default to where you opened the first document in the current session.

I am not sure I know what you are asking.

 

[rlh]

The problem is that Publisher defaults to the folder where the first file was
opened only part of the time. Many times it goes back to My Docs, even
though files are still open from the working (default)folder. Publish seems
inconsistent in returning to the last folder from which a file was retrieved
or returning to My Docs on "Open File".

Thanks

 

[Mary Sauer]

I have the same problem at times. It is one of those irritations one has to put up
with, all programs have quirks. I put all my Publisher files in a common folder with
sub-folders that relate to different projects. Publisher will default to the common
folder, but with the sub-folders it is a quicker way to find the file you want.