Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 12-20-2013, 03:55 AM
theduchessa theduchessa is offline How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Windows 7 64bit How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Office 2013
Novice
How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013.
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 1
theduchessa is on a distinguished road
Smile How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013.


There used to be a version option in word 2010 and 2007. As an author I draft several versions of the same scene or chapter but don't want several files just be able to access earlier versions. How do I do this?
Thanks in anticipation.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 12-20-2013, 08:15 AM
Charles Kenyon Charles Kenyon is offline How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Windows 7 64bit How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Office 2013
Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Posts: 9,083
Charles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant future
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by theduchessa View Post
There used to be a version option in word 2010 and 2007. As an author I draft several versions of the same scene or chapter but don't want several files just be able to access earlier versions. How do I do this?
Thanks in anticipation.
I believe Word 2003 had a version command, that never worked well. It was removed in Word 2007 and is not there in Word 2013. You cannot do this without separate files. The versioning command led to huge files that were unstable, I believe. With storage becoming much less expensive, my guess is that MS decided that separate files were a better option. However, they did not provide a simple way to do this (other than Save As).

However, you can do it easily with an Add-In you can download for free from Graham Mayor's site.

Save the current document to two places add-in for Word 2007 and 2010
Although labeled for Word 2007 and 2010, there is no reason to think this will not work for Word 2013.

Here is an older macro that serves much the same purpose, if a bit less elegantly:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA=SaveIncrementedFilename.htm
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12-30-2013, 12:17 AM
eNGiNe eNGiNe is offline How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Windows 7 32bit How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Office 2010 64bit
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Brussels [BE]
Posts: 746
eNGiNe is on a distinguished road
Default

If what you're after is a single file where you can keep an eye on different versions of the content, you could perhaps call on styles: could take a while to set up, but then you could have (for example) bodyText_latest and bodyText_lastweek using different colours. Once that's working, pause for a good breakfast and explore the find/replace options for deletion using styles.
You could also apply colour/font changes by hand, though that take a bit longer to manage when you wanted to make a clean final version.
Just out of curiosity – I've heard about various word-processors designed specifically for writing scripts/fiction. Have you come across any of them?
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
multiple drafts, versions, word 2013

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. How do you save different 'versions' onto the same file (Office 2007) kholmesmcgov Word 2 11-17-2013 01:45 PM
How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Please kindly help me out on how to link Excel 2013 file to another Excel 2013 file samsnov Excel 5 09-29-2013 04:24 AM
New file versions and linked spreadsheets tkondaks Word 1 08-24-2012 02:55 PM
How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. File 'Versions' in Excel 2010 keithg Excel 2 02-19-2011 07:44 AM
How do I save different 'versions' of the same file in Word 2013. Word Macro: Save file as text with current file name jabberwocky12 Word VBA 2 10-22-2010 12:23 PM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:01 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft