Well, it sounds to me like somebody put a macro in there to save it to a new
name. Otherwise, my brain isn't thinking right today, which is always
possible. Given there's no input from anybody else...I think they're
clueless, too.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com


"dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I just re-checked to make sure of the extension, it is definitly xls. The
> filename is the current month and day as 5-29 for today when you click on
the
> save icon you get a Save as box with a filename of 5-291 with an extension
of
> xls with the default folder selected instead of the folder where the file
> came from. Prior to this week, when you click on the save icon it just
saved
> the file over the original. This system is used by several people, on
> different shifts, week-end shifts, and fill-ins for vacations and sick
calls.
> The file is an event log and the officer on duty enters data in at least
once
> an hour, everything has worked OK for the past several years and just
started
> to have problems, no one will admit to makeing any changes in the file.
> Re-installing the master, which is write protected on the network makes no
> improvement. The same master installed on other computers works OK.
> --
> dmtech
>
>
> "Anne Troy" wrote:
>
> > 1,2,3? Sounds like the file was saved as a template. Are you sure the
file
> > name is XLS and not XLT?
> > *******************
> > ~Anne Troy
> >
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> >
> >
> > "dmtech" <dmtech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3869892F-B18A-458D-9E49-9D9661C9EC2A@microsoft.com...
> > > Using Excel97. when my user opens a file, makes changes and then
clicks
> > the
> > > save icon, it used to save the changes to the file that was originally
> > > opened, now it brings up a save as dialog box, adds a 1,2,3.... to the
> > > filename and saves it in the default folder instead of where it came
from.
> > > How do I put it back to the way it was
> > > --
> > > dmtech
> >
> >
> >