How do I see the entire filename and document path?

[D. Wantage]

Microsoft Word does not show the complete document path along with the
filename on the bar at the very top of the screen. Word Perfect does.

I work with backup discs in the other removable drive bay and need to know
what document I am looking at on the screen.

Can this feature be included in Microsoft Word???

I will appreciate your answer.

Thank you, Don

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Windows Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->View->Show full path in title bar.

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After furious head scratching, D. Wantage asked:

| Microsoft Word does not show the complete document path along with the
| filename on the bar at the very top of the screen. Word Perfect does.
|
| I work with backup discs in the other removable drive bay and need to
| know what document I am looking at on the screen.
|
| Can this feature be included in Microsoft Word???
|
| I will appreciate your answer.
|
| Thank you, Don

 

[Joe]

This does not work. I'm not sure Word gives you this
option, but your solution definitely does not.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

One way is to add the following AutoOpen() macro to your Normal.dot template
(or whatever template your documents are based on):

Sub AutoOpen()
'
' This line puts path and filename in title bar
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
'
End Sub

If you already have an AutoOpen() macro in your Normal.dot template, then
just add the ActiveWindow.Caption line to your existing macro. Or if you
don't know how to install a macro, see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm .

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Or simply use the Web toolbar.

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After furious head scratching, Joe asked:

| This does not work. I'm not sure Word gives you this
| option, but your solution definitely does not.
|
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Windows Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->View->Show full path in
|| title bar.
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
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|| After furious head scratching, D. Wantage asked:
||
||| Microsoft Word does not show the complete document path along with
||| the filename on the bar at the very top of the screen. Word Perfect
||| does.
|||
||| I work with backup discs in the other removable drive bay and need
||| to know what document I am looking at on the screen.
|||
||| Can this feature be included in Microsoft Word???
|||
||| I will appreciate your answer.
|||
||| Thank you, Don
||
||
|| .

 

[Beth Melton]

Personally I find this method a little dangerous.

It works fine if all you want to do is open and modify documents. But
if you use Save As and save the document under a new name the title
bar will not update. Nor will it update when you create a new document
and save it.

Granted you could try intercepting all of the built-in commands,
FileNew, FileSaveAs, etc but then you also start encountering more
errors here and there. Plus, I've used these macros in the past and
have found it's not fail proof. It only took one time to save a file
incorrectly due to the title bar not refreshing and I eliminated the
macros.

I now use the Address command found on the Web toolbar instead as
Millie suggested.

Although I added the Address command to my menu bar to the right of
the Help menu. I've found it works and updates correctly. Here's the
steps if interested:

- Go to Tools/Customize
- On the Toolbars tab turn on the Web toolbar
- Hold the Ctrl key and drag the Address command to the right of your
Help menu

You can resize the Address command to full the empty space by placing
your mouse on the right edge, watch for the sizing pointer, and size
it to the desired width.

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