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If you want to save a document under control of your macro, you can use the Save method. This is the same as choosing the Save command from the File menu, so it will display the Save As dialog box if the document you are saving has not been previously saved. The syntax is as follows:
ActiveDocument.Save
If you want to save the document to a file with a new name, use the following basic syntax:
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:="filename"
where filename is the full name (including a path) that you want used for the file.
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2016-08-13 04:45:39
Chris Finn
I've always done it that way, it is intuitive. However, I'd like to ask -
Is there any way to use a variable filename instead of overwriting the previous file each time?
Something like
SaveAs FileName:="'my file'&TODAY()" perhaps?
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