Placement of backups of word documents

After typing a word document, an icon appears on my screen titled "backup of_____" (whatever I've just completed typing).
It's an exact duplicate of the document. My screen is covered with these icons. How do I/where can I place these copies of my documents?
Thanks.
PS Hope this is a better description of my problem.

Hello, I don't have Word, but I'd create a new folder in Finder, drag all of them to that new folder, & I don't know if Word has a setup choice/pref for where to save those to, or whether it might use say the setting in Safari>Preferences>General>Save files to...

Similar Messages

Use VBA to place signatures in a word document by selecting radio buttons

Hi,
I'm creating an word document with signatures. I have 4 signatures of which max 2 and at least 1 can be choosen.
I created 2 frames with 4 radiobuttons. The document writer can select one button in the frst frame with the names of het directors and none or 1 in the other frame. How can I relate the choosen radiobuttons to pictures of the signatures and place
them in a table in the word document?

I don't understand what you are saying. I do this from a form. The user selects a signatory from a combobox. I look up the corresponding png file in a database and insert a picture, signatory name/position in doc at specified bookmarks
in the template. This is the code to insert picture at bookmark.
Sub SetBkMarkPic(xDoc As Document, xBkName As String, xFile As String)
' Set bookmark in document. Add file to bookmark
If xDoc.Bookmarks.Exists(xBkName) Then
xDoc.Bookmarks(xBkName).Select
xDoc.Bookmarks(xBkName).Range.Text = ""
Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture fileName:=xFile
End If
End Sub

Can you place text from a word document using data merge?

I'm working with a charity that is giving away scholarships/grants. I need to create a ducument that pulls in various application data plus their submitted essay (docx format). I would like to do this via data merge but cannot find any reference if it is possible.
Please help, I really need to automate as much as possible since this is a side project.
Kevin

Data merge only collects info from CSV format - which I expect you would export from Excel. (I think it'll take tab-delimited as well, but that's it.)
MS Word files can be placed, but Data Merge is not the tool to automate placing of Word-file content. If there is no formatting of their essays, I suspect you could use VBA to cause entire essays to occupy a single cell in Excel. But that would be the only way to use Data Merge to automate import of essays into InDesign.
Maybe if you tell us more we can give you some more automation suggestions. (I spend a lot of time automating translation workflows, but I still place Word files. All day long, in fact.)
(edited for spelling)

Can i place microsoft word documents on icloud

I have just upgraded and would like to place many saved microsoft word documents (on imac) loaded to icloud.

You need Pages (App Store), MS Word can not save to iCloud. You'll need Pages for the Mac and Pages for any IOS device you use (iPhone etc)

How can I copy an image/picture from the internet into a word document

I am trying to copy and paste an image or picture from the internet and insert it into a word document. I select and copy the image from the internet page. I then go to the word document and select past special. When I select 'paste special' it only allows text to be copied and no images or pictures. If I also try to drag the image and place it in the word document. It does not allow me to do so. Any suggestions to fix this issue?

Considering this is a MS Word issue I'd recommend reposting to that forum. You can find one at:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/
Regards,
Roger

How to place a word document that autoflows text boxes onto every other page?

Is there a way to place a word document into InDesign that autoflows text boxes onto every other page?
Example
page 1 from word doc imports to page 1 in indesign,
page 2 from word doc imports to page 3 in indesign,
page 3 from word doc imports to page 5 in indesign, etc.
Than, take a different word doc and import to the even pages of the same indesign document,
Example
page 1 from word doc#2 imports to page 2 in indesign,
page 2 from word doc#2 imports to page 4 in indesign,
page 3 from word doc#2 imports to page 6 in indesign, etc.
Thanks

I don't import Word docs... but I don't think there is a simple 1-click solution.
You probably need to set up a facing pages document with a master text frame on each.
Create the pages you need and link the left text frames to each other and the right to each other.
Importing should work from there however not sure how the page-break works (if you have that set-up in Word).

How to place a word document in a TextFrame with InDesign CS2 scripting (JavaScript)?

I´m newbie with InDesign CS2 Scripting (JavaScript). I need some help to understand the way to place a Word document in an indesign template, using JavaScript(.jsx).
Thank you for the help,
Peter

//PlaceTextFileInFrame.jsx
//An InDesign CS3 JavaScript
//Places a text file in a text frame.
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
//Set the measurement units to points.
myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
//Create a text frame.
var myTextFrame = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myDocument, myDocument.pages.item(0))});
//Place a text file in the text frame.
//Parameters for TextFrame.place():
//File as File object,
//[ShowingOptions as Boolean = False]
//You'll have to fill in your own file path.
myTextFrame.place(File("/c/test.txt"));
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight
if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
else{
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2;
var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];

Word document is changing place on desktop after save

Hi!
I have more word documents ( .doc ) on my desktop. If i open it, and do some changes, and after saving and closing it, the file changes place on the desktop. If my file was placed on the the right side at
the desktop, after editing it, it will be moved to the left side. It will always move to the left side. I also noticed that this problem only occurs if my word file is saved as .doc. If i save my file as .docx, then it's fine. I have Windows 7 Professional
32 bit installed.
Can someone tell me, how to fix this?
Thanks,
kampi

Hi Luke,
Yes, i have a wide screen monitor ( Dell 2009W ) with a resoulotion of 1680x1050. However this happens also on a laptop ( Dell Latitude E6510 ) with a resulotion of 1600x900, so i don't think that the resulotion would be the problem. UAC is turned off.
I tried the clean boot method what you said. I have turned off everything, but the problem was still persist, so i think this could be some problem with word, because if i edit and save a .doc file, then a .tmp file will be created on the place of my original
file, and in the meantime the original file will moved to another location. It is interesting that on Windows XP this problem doesn't occured, not even a tmp file will be created and the .doc file stays on it position.
Unfortunetly the second method what you mentioned is not a solution, because then every time a user opens a .doc file, then he/she has to restore his/her icons.
kampi

HT1284 How can I backup word documents and not have them crowd my screen? Thanks.

Hi. How can I backup word documents and not have them crowd my screen? I know, you guessed it. I'm a novice, but not ashamed!

Please explain what you mean when you say backup Word documents crowds your screen.
I don't see any connection between backup and your screen.
Allan

Does a Time Machine backup capture unsaved Word Documents? I am looking for a Word Document that I am guessing I deleted though I think it was open when I was doing a backup.

Does a Time Machine backup capture unsaved Word Documents?
I am looking for a Word Document that I am guessing I deleted though I think it was open when I was doing a backup.

If you didn't save the document it would not be on your hard drive and therefore not copied via Time Machine.

CS3 - Place Word document: How can I select the current preset?

Hi
In my Plugin I like to place a word document into a text frame. To do this I want select a defined preset before.
How can I do that?
How can I select the current preset for the placement (import)?
Thanks for the support
Hans

Hi,
I had posted a similar query few days back to place excel file in text frame. And I found out that, it is not possible to specify formatting option for any of microsoft document when using Indesign SDK.
But we can do this by running script.
If you are able to specify the formatting option through script, write code to get script object & execute this script through Indesign SDK.
I was able to specify formatting option, sheet number, range etc through this.
Hope this helps.
Rajani

I have a 6x9 Word document that I can't convert into a 6x9 PDF (even with the correct settings in place!)

I'm trying to prepare a Word document for CreateSpace. In the Word document the page size is set at Custom, 6"x9".
When I go to print it as a PDF, I select "Custom" and set the parameters at 6"x9".
Then the resulting PDF is still on 8.5"x11", with only half the page (the right half) with text on it.

Hi Peter,
Here's how I get custom pages in my PDFs:
In the print dialog, select the Adobe PDF Printer.
Click the "printer properties" link near the printer name.
In the Adobe PDF Document Properties dialog, click the "Adobe PDF Settings" tab.
The fourth setting on the list is "Adobe PDF Page Size".
Click the "Add..." button on the right.
In the Add Custom Paper Size dialog, type a Paper Name (such as "My 6 x 9" or "custom 6 x 9").
Enter the size in the Width and Height fields.
Click Add/Modify.
Now, in the "Adobe PDF Page Size", select your custom page size from the list. The list is in alphabetical order.
Click the "Print" button.
Your PDF should be in the custom size.
You can check this in the PDF properties (File > Properties).
Regards,
Charlene

Oversized text on Word Document Place (.docx)

When placing text from a word document (.docx) indesign only gives me three pages for a 118 long document. Also, those pages are blank, and to access the text, I have to delete a few blank lines. When I do this however, the text is grossly oversized. Changing the font does not help, as even on 6 pt, the text is much larger than it should be. Help? I've tweaked import options, changed the format of the file (.doc, rtf) nothing seems to work.
Any help you could provide would be awesome.
Thanks,
-Julian Q.

I am using Adobe Indesign CS5.5 and Microsoft Word 2010, although I am not sure which version of word the document was created in. Here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzA9ILF0ZW-aVmlCV0hvekhHYTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Having a problem saving word documents...any ideas?

I'm hoping someone can help me out with this..
Lately when I've been writing a word document a message will pop up from the Auto Recovery Save. It says, "Word cannot save or create this file. The disk may be full or write-protected. Try one of more of the following: free more memory, make sure that the disk you want to save the file on is not full, write-protected, or damaged."
I'm using Word 2004 (version 11.3.5) on Mac OS X 10.4.11
I've tried deleting some word files to free up some space but I'm still getting this message. I haven't had any other problems using my macbook. I write a lot of word documents (I'm a student) but this is the first time I've ever had this message pop up.
Any ideas what the problem is or what I can do to fix it?
Thanks!
Stacy

How much free space is on your hard drive?
Have you emptied the trash?
Disk space is not 'freed' for re-use by deleting files until the trash is emptied.
Have you tried using Disk Utility to check the disk for errors and to verify/repair disk permissions?
Have you tried saving your documents to a flash drive plugged into the USB port?
An empty 4Gb or 8Gb Flash drive has plenty of space to store lots of documents as an inexpensive and a temporary solution if you're almost out of hard disk space.
Even with a flash drive, you might get the same error message, because the temporary files are probably defaulting to being stored on your hard disk. There's likely a place somewhere in Word preferences to view and change where the temporary files are stored. (Sorry, I haven't used OS X 10.4 or Word 2004 in about 4 years, and I don't have either one immediately available to check.)
It's also possible that your hard drive is beginning to fail. If Disk Utility cannot verify the hard disk, I would recommend making a backup of important files immediately to CD or DVD. (I use Time Machine, but that didn't become available until OS X 10.5)

HT4889 Is it possible to use the migration assistant to transfer only some documents and data? For example, I was to transfer my music, but not my word documents. There doesn't seem to be any options to customise what you are transferring - its all or not

Is it possible to use the migration assistant to transfer only some documents and data? For example, I was to transfer my music, but not my word documents. There doesn't seem to be any options to customise what you are transferring - its all or nothing

LBraidwood wrote:
Is it possible to use the migration assistant to transfer only some documents and data? For example, I was to transfer my music, but not my word documents. There doesn't seem to be any options to customise what you are transferring - its all or nothing
Yes, that's why I recommend one have more than TimeMachine as a backup because if certain files or folders are corrupted on the TM drive, your not logging into your migrated user account or not be able to transfer it what so ever.
Then it's a REAL PAIN and costs $99 to bit read the TM drive to get the files out, then it's mess to go through and sort all the empty placeholders from the real files as TM doesn't save duplicates in each state, just uses the previous state's copy if there are no changes.
If you create the same named user account on the new machine, and simply transfer files via a USB thumb drive and place say music contents into the Music folder, then it will work too.
Look into making clones of your boot drive, the benefit here is it's bootable, you can access the drive directly to pick and choose files, run the computer just like before etc.
Most commonly used backup methods explained

Placement of backups of word documents

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for