Seeing All File Types when Saving

J

jkiser

I am running Office 2007. When I save a new file in a directory, all that's
shown in the directory are files of the same "file type" as the one I'm
saving.

I need to be able to see all of the file names regardless of the file type.
How do I get the "Save As" window to show all of the files.

Thanks
 
G

Gordon

Bob I said:
It doesn't, only the Open files dialog does that.
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Err no, the OP clicks on the drop-down box in "Files of Type" and ALL file
types are shown. Just as it's always been...
 
G

Gordon

jkiser said:
I am running Office 2007. When I save a new file in a directory, all
that's
shown in the directory are files of the same "file type" as the one I'm
saving.

I need to be able to see all of the file names regardless of the file
type.
How do I get the "Save As" window to show all of the files.

Thanks
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Click on the drop-down box in "Files of Type" field. Just as it's always
been....
 
B

Bob I

Gordon said:
Err no, the OP clicks on the drop-down box in "Files of Type" and ALL
file types are shown. Just as it's always been...
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You looking at Office 2007?
 
G

Gordon

Bob I said:
there is no "All Files(*.*)" in Save As on my system, only in the Open
file dialog.
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You can't DO a "Save as" as ALL FILES can you? I assumed the OP was talking
about showing all file types that he could save the document as.
 
B

Bob I

Gordon said:
You can't DO a "Save as" as ALL FILES can you? I assumed the OP was
talking about showing all file types that he could save the document as.
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Some programs do allow that("Save as" as ALL FILES), Notepad for instance.
 
J

jkiser

Bob I....you've got the correct understanding of my question.

Am I wrong in remembering that in prior versions users could view all of the
file types in a directory when saving a file?

I hope someone from Microsoft weighs in on this. I still believe there must
be a way to do that.
 
B

Bob I

I don't remember 2003 doing that, I could be wrong, but I don't remember
it. And many programs don't, but some do. If it is that important to
see, the Open dialog will show you, as will Windows Explorer.
 
J

jkiser

Not sure about 2003....XP did it. I can do the work-arounds you've suggested
but they add another step to something that used to be very simple.
Unfortunately, I'm running into that a lot with the new version.
 
B

Beth Melton

jkiser said:
Bob I....you've got the correct understanding of my question.

Am I wrong in remembering that in prior versions users could view all of
the
file types in a directory when saving a file?

I hope someone from Microsoft weighs in on this. I still believe there
must
be a way to do that.
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I'm not from Microsoft (which, btw, seldom will you see someone from
Microsoft here) but I can assure you that Word has never had All Files (*.*)
listed in the Save As Type drop down. There are various file types available
in the Save As Type drop down but not All Files (*.*). The reason for this
is Word needs to know what format to use when creating/saving the file, such
as Rich Text, Word Document, etc. The type of file you are saving is vital
information and it can't create/save a file without it.

I suspect you are thinking of File/Open. Now, what you can do is in the Save
As dialog box click the Up One Level button, right-click the folder in which
you want to view all files, and then click Explore to open the Windows
Explorer and view all files for the selected folder.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx
 
G

Gordon

jkiser said:
Bob I....you've got the correct understanding of my question.

Am I wrong in remembering that in prior versions users could view all of
the
file types in a directory when saving a file?
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They still can in Vista and Office 2007. I can't understand what the problem
is.
 
J

jkiser

To understand....do this from Excel 2007....

1) Use Windows Explorer and find a directory on your computer that has files
in it of different file types....like Excel.xls and Word.doc and Powpoint.ppt

2) Then, open Excel 2007 ....start a new document.

3) On the Upper left, select the Office Button and select the "SAVE AS"
Option.

4) In the "SAVE AS" window, locate the directory you found in step 1 above.

5) When you locate the directory, select the file type that you want to use
to save your new file. For the sake of argument, save it as an Excel file
(any version).

6) When you do, note that the only files in that directory that you see in
the "Save As" window are the ones that are of the same file type as the one
you're saving. Note that you can't see any of the other ".doc" or ".ppt"
files in the window.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM. In prior versions of Office, all of the files in the
directory could be seen from the "SAVE AS" window....regardless of file type.
This was very handy because when saving a new file, you could use the "SAVE
AS" window to search all your directories and put the file in the same folder
as others even if they were of a different type.

If on your system you can see of all file types in the "SAVE AS" window,
then that gives me hope that there is a setting that will allow mine to
function that way.

Let me know what you find.
 
L

LVTravel

jkiser said:
To understand....do this from Excel 2007....

1) Use Windows Explorer and find a directory on your computer that has
files
in it of different file types....like Excel.xls and Word.doc and
Powpoint.ppt

2) Then, open Excel 2007 ....start a new document.

3) On the Upper left, select the Office Button and select the "SAVE AS"
Option.

4) In the "SAVE AS" window, locate the directory you found in step 1
above.

5) When you locate the directory, select the file type that you want to
use
to save your new file. For the sake of argument, save it as an Excel file
(any version).

6) When you do, note that the only files in that directory that you see
in
the "Save As" window are the ones that are of the same file type as the
one
you're saving. Note that you can't see any of the other ".doc" or ".ppt"
files in the window.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM. In prior versions of Office, all of the files in the
directory could be seen from the "SAVE AS" window....regardless of file
type.
This was very handy because when saving a new file, you could use the
"SAVE
AS" window to search all your directories and put the file in the same
folder
as others even if they were of a different type.

If on your system you can see of all file types in the "SAVE AS" window,
then that gives me hope that there is a setting that will allow mine to
function that way.

Let me know what you find.
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The latest Office version that Microsoft produced that would show files
other than the selected file type was Office 4.3's version of Word. It did
so by default would show any file within the target folder. Office 95 I
don't have but don't believe it did show all files. Just tested Office 97,
2000, 2002 (XP), 2003 or 2007 and they do not show and can't be made to show
all files within the Save or Save As window. They will only show files of
the selected type.
 
J

jkiser

Somehow my original question got twisted.

I'm not talking about the "Save as type" drop down list....that works as it
always has.

What I'm talking about the "Save As" window. When I open the "Save As"
window I want to be able to see all of the files in that directory regardless
of their type. This used to be possible in prior versions.

Without that function you have to open another application (Windows
Explorer) and locate the directory of interest, or you have to use the "Open"
function and locate the directory to see what else is in there. If you have
a complicated file path it can be 10 clicks or more that was previously
unnecessary.

Unfortunately, I'm finding that a lot in the new version. It's a big
disappointment.
 
G

Gordon

jkiser said:
Somehow my original question got twisted.

I'm not talking about the "Save as type" drop down list....that works as
it
always has.

What I'm talking about the "Save As" window. When I open the "Save As"
window I want to be able to see all of the files in that directory
regardless
of their type. This used to be possible in prior versions.
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Sorry, I just don't see WHY you want to be able to do this. AFAICS there's
no point to it...
 
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