Save as box pops up unexpectidly

C

Chris

While using Word 2000, I have a user that has the "save
as" dialog box pop up automatically while typing. If you
cancel it it goes away but is very annoying. Has anyone
had this same problem and how did you get rid of it??
 
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Beth Melton

First take a look under your File menu and see if there is a command
for "Save Reminder Options". This is an add-in for Word that can be
used to automatically save your document every x minutes. To turn it
off open the Save Reminder Options and turn on "Turn off Save
Reminder". It can be permanently removed by removing SaveReminder.dot
from your Word Startup folder. This location can be found under
Tools/Options/File Locations and you can also use Windows Search to
locate the file.

If that isn't it then there could be a macro that was created for the
same purpose.

- Go to Tools/Macro/Macros and make sure "Macros in" reflects "All
active templates and documents".
- See if there are any macros named Save or AutoSave (this name could
be anything)
- Select the macro and see if the Edit or Delete command is available
- If it is then either Delete the macro or click "Edit" and place an
"X" in front of the macro name to prevent it from automatically
running until you can determine what the macro is actually doing

If delete is unavailable then chances are it is stored in a global
template. A global template is a template located in your Startup
folder that is automatically loaded when Word starts. You can find a
list of these under Tools/Templates and Add-Ins.

To determine which template, in the Macros dialog box, narrow down the
list of macros using "Macros in" at the bottom until you have
determined what template the macro is stored in.

Once you locate the template then either open the template and
delete/rename the macro or move the template out of the folder so it
will no longer be used.

Global templates are typically stored in your Word\Startup folder or
Office\Startup. Your Word\Startup folder can be determined by going to
Tools/Options/File Locations and the Office\Startup folder will be
located in the installation path for Office.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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