Saving to the desktop with no .doc extension displayed

[Bert Coules]

I've searched for the answer to this but with no luck.

Is there a way of saving a document to the desktop but not have the .doc
extension displayed?

Many thanks.

Bert Coules

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that
counts.

 

[Reitanos]

It's a Windows option:
Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

 

[Terry Farrell]

But no one would advise this as it is a security risk. It is a Microsoft
idiots' feature. If you hide file extensions and someone sends you a virus
named such as virus.txt.exe, you will only see virus.txt and open it for a
big surprise.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

It's a Windows option:
Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

 

[Bert Coules]

Open a My Computer window, select Tools/Folder Options..., select the
View tab, check Hide extensions for known file types, choose OK.

Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would
leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if
there's no alternative.

You can name a desktop icon anything. It's what's in the properties that
counts.

But this isn't an icon, is it? It's the actual document, saved on the
desktop. If I delete the .doc extension, it won't open unless I specify
Word in the dialogue box that crops up. And there doesn't seem to be the
old option of "always use this program to open files of this sort",
presumably because without an extension, there isn't a sort for the file to
belong to.

Bert

 

[Gordon]

Thanks for that. I'd rather hoped there was a way of doing it which would
leave the folder options unchanged, but this is a method I'll adopt if
there's no alternative.

May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Oops - sorry. I was thinking you meant a shortcut.

 

[Bert Coules]

May I ask why it's so imperative that the .doc extension doesn't show?

It isn't imperative, merely desirable.

As an alternative - and I'm sure that this is possible, though once again I
can't find the instructions for love nor money - how do I configure Word
2000 so that it opens with a particular document already loaded?

Bert

 

[Gordon]

It isn't imperative, merely desirable.

Why?

 

[Bert Coules]

Why?

Why do you want to know?

Bert

 

[Gordon]

Why do you want to know?

Bert

Because it seems to me that you are making a mountain out of a molehill. The
fact that a document saved to the desktop (and, BTW, the desktop is not, and
never has been, designed to store documents as it has a high propensity for
corruption - you are far better advised to store them in a folder designed
to store data) shows the .doc extension to me is just something to ignore. I
wouldn't even think about it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Save the document in the My Documents folder (or somewhere else reasonable).
Put a shortcut to the document on the desktop. You can name that shortcut
anything you like. When you double-click on it, Word will open with that
document loaded. Alternatively, you can add a shortcut to a template, and
Word will start with a document based on that template.

 

[Bert Coules]

Suzanne,

Thanks very much for that. I don't believe I've ever created a shortcut to
a template, but it sounds like a good approach for what I need.

Bert

 

[Graham Mayor]

the desktop is not, and never has been, designed to store documents
as it has a high propensity for corruption - you are far better
advised to store them in a folder designed to store data

The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption
than any other. If the user wants to put regularly used documents there,
that surely is a matter for him? The displaying of document extensions is
another matter entirely. If you don't want an extension, it might be better
to put a link to the file on the desktop. You can name the link whatever you
wish.

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[Gordon]

The desktop is merely a folder and should be no more subject to corruption
than any other.

Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that the
Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created data due to
the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption WILL happen, but it
can do.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Well that's always been the received wisdom in the OS groups - that
the Desktop folder is NOT the correct place to store user-created
data due to the propensity for corruption. I'm not saying corruption
WILL happen, but it can do.

I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics than
practice.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I suspect that this alleged 'wisdom' has far more to do with aesthetics

than practice.

That could well be the case. I certainly wouldn't want my desktop cluttered
with documents, but I can understand how it might be convenient for some
users who don't keep Word open all the time and consequently don't have the
Work menu or File menu handy (though they could use Start | Documents).