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Article #11583Re: Word For Windows Help
From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 16:32
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 16:32
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In article <5042@ztivax.UUCP> yip@ztivax.UUCP (Dr Yeung-Cho Ip) writes: >> I am using Word version 1.1 in windows 3.0. I have set up a special >> directory c:\winword\doc for all my document files. When I go to open >My way of doing it: I set up a makro called "AutoExec". This Makro is >automatically started when invoking WINWORD. The contents of the makro is: >Sub MAIN >ChDir "c:\winword\doc" >End Sub Sage advice -- that's the way I do it. However, I've now noticed that if I double click on a file in, say, the DOS Executive (or presumably File Manager) that is not in that default subdirectory (nor in a subdirectory on the PATH), Word for Windows won't be able to find it. I thought Windows passed the entire path. Or is Word just getting confused? T.F.S. Timothy F. Sipples sip1@quads.uchicago.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!quads.uchicago.edu!sip1 From: sip1@quads.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Word For Windows Help Message-ID: <1991May6.163250.8083@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 6 May 91 16:32:50 GMT References: <1991Apr24.121603.23113@cbfsb.att.com> <5042@ztivax.UUCP> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 17