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MULTISAV.ZIP (11/27/07;
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Compatible
with WordPerfect versions 8,9,10,11,12,X3
WordPerfect 11
users: See important information about using macros in the first
release of WP11 (11.0.0.233) at the top of this
page.
Downloading,
Documentation, Modifications, and Support
Also see these
tips:
An alternative to the MULTISAV
macros:
- See the SaveCopy macro in the Library, which
offers a way to save your currently opened file and simultaneously
make an archive copy of it on another (alternate) drive using
either the same relative directory (folder) name or a user-specified
directory. The copy can also be made on a floppy disk.
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Contains three macros
and a "read me" file:
NewFN#.wcm (v1.03)
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"New FileName with Number" - Saves the current file with
a new filename that has a numerical suffix appended to the root
name (e.g., Myfile.wpd becomes Myfile001.wpd).
Subsequent playing of the macro increases the filename's suffix
(e.g., Myfile002.wpd, Myfile003.wpd, etc.) before
saving. Thus you can easily save your current work-in-progress
with sequential versions, or number letters to the same recipient,
etc.
- How it works: If the current file is a new (unsaved)
file, the macro asks that you add a numeric extension to the
filename and then saves it. If the current file has been previously
saved with a numeric suffix (e.g., ClientX-004.wpd), it increments
the numeric part of the filename and saves the file under the
new name (e.g., ClientX-005.wpd). You can set the minimum length
of the numeric suffix for the macro to use (and verify) in the
redlined User Modification Area of the macro's code. (The default
is three digits, which allows creating up to 999 versions of
the file.) It then saves the current file with the same root
filename as the previous file, but with the next number in the
sequence appended to the root name.
- Note: All backup files made with this macro are saved
to the same folder as the previously edited/saved version
of the file -- the same way that WordPerfect treats its own automatic backup files -- to
prevent the possibility of accidentally overwriting a backup
file (in a common backup folder) with another backup file of
the same name.
Tips
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Period+Save.wcm (v1.02)
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Period("full
stop)-plus-save - A macro
to help automate saving files by saving the current file whenever
you press the (".") key, unless the period follows
a number, a space, or another period, in which case the macro
will not execute a save.
Unlike NewFN#.wcm, it does not
change the current filename.
Tips
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HRt+Save.wcm (v1.01)
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Hard return-plus-save - This macro makes special use of the
backslash key ("\") to enter a hard return and save
the current file at the same time.
Unlike NewFN#.wcm, it does not
change the current filename. It simply saves the file the same
as if you use File, Save.
Unlike Period+save.wcm, it is
not completely "automatic": You must deliberately double-press
the backslash key (after it has this macro assigned to the backslash
key -- easy to do!). This might be preferred by some users to
a completely automatic process.
The normal functioning of the
backslash key -- i.e., one press of the "\" key followed
by some other key press -- is not affected. You must press this
key twice for the macro to spring into action. Otherwise,
you will simply type a "\" into the document.
- v1.01 adds the correct form
of FileSave command to compensate for a bug in the macro language,
plus other enhancements.
- You should assign this macro
to the "\" key. Then pressing the backslash key twice
causes the macro to delete the backslashes, enter a hard return,
and save the file. (Actually, any available key can be used;
however, the backslash is normally located just above the Enter
key, which makes it especially easy to use to enter a hard return
and then save the file.)
- You can also change the number
of required backslashes in the macro code (see the top of the
code).
Tips
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Which to use?
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A Corel newsgroup visitor asked:
> If I also use NewFn#.wcm, will it work along with Period+Save.wcm?
Answer:
Yes.
Here is more on the operation
of these macros to help you decided how to use them.
NewFN#.wcm is not automatic: It saves the
current file only when you deliberately play the macro. (This
is particularly easy to do if you assign
the macro to a toolbar button next to the normal Save button.)
As noted above, if it is a new document it will ask you for a
filename -- one that has numbers appended to the root of the
name (e.g., "MyFile001.wpd"). If you have already used
Period+Save on that document, but have not yet appended a numeric
suffix to the root name, NewFN# will pop a message and ask for
one. It then saves the document under the new (now numbered)
filename, and it will use that numbered name to create new, incrementally
numbered filenames each time you play the macro. But you must
deliberately play the macro!
It is meant to create several
intermediate versions of a file
-- "works in progress," so to speak -- such as MyFile001.wpd,
MyFile002.wpd, and so on. This is handy when you want to save
some sections of your original text as they were written, until
the final draft of the document is written. (Of course, you can
always clip the possibly unwanted sections to another document,
using something like the Clipper macro.
But that document is only temporary and must also be save to
disk. If you don't mind the extra files on disk, NewFN# might
be more useful, depending on your preference.)
Period+Save.wcm (like HRt+Save.wcm) is automatic -- if it is assigned to the period/full
stop key and if the file has a name -- and will play whenever
you type a period into the document (except, of course, periods
preceded by a number, another period, or a space). If you are
working on a new (i.e., originally blank) document it will pop
a message to let you know you should save the document; once
saved, you should not see the message again in that document.
It always saves the document using the same filename and extension
in effect at the time -- the same as if you use File> Save
on any named document.
It is meant to help you save
the same document more frequently than you might do otherwise, helping avoid loss of text if you absently
close the program without saving many hours of work -- even
if you have set the timed backup option (which, incidentally,
works only for abnormal program termination, not for failing
to obey warning messages about changed documents and the need
to deliberately save or abandon those changes. See
here for more on the timed backup feature).
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Tip #1
THE
"PERIOD (FULL STOP) - PLUS - SAVE" TRICK
The
rationale behind the Period+Save macro above
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If you want to
save your work with sufficient frequency to minimize any potential
loss and you don't like the backslash-key macro (HR+Save) method
above, you could force WordPerfect to save the current file as
you type, without having to remember to press a special key,
or click a toolbar button or menu item. (This method can be toggled
on and off; more on this later.)
A logical point
to trigger a save with a reasonable frequency is when you press
the period ("full stop") key. You could do this by
creating a simple macro and assigning it to the period key so
that it plays immediately whenever you press the period key.
The macro would type the period and immediately save the file
-- automatically. (If the file has not yet been saved, it will
pop up the Save File dialog to allow you to name the file first.).
Here's an example of such a macro (don't create it; please read on):
Type (".")
FileSave ()
Finally, you
would assign this macro to the period
key on your default keyboard.
Note: To assign
the macro to the period [full stop] key, when you are in the
Keyboard Shortcuts dialog (as explained in the assign link) you will need
to check the box, "Allow assignment of character keys"
to display normal keyboard characters; the period is just under
the hyphen [-] and above the forward slash [/] in the list, for
most keyboards.
Then every time
you press the period key, the macro will play and type a period,
then immediately save the file. If the file has not yet been
saved, it will pop up the File Save dialog to allow you to name
the file first.
With this macro,
the most you are likely to lose if you forget to save before
closing a file is one sentence. Other than using the WordPerfect
automatic backup feature (Tools, Settings, Files, Doucment tab, "Save
original file as a backup..."), this is about as automated
a periodic save as you will get with WordPerfect.
[Note: Both methods
-- using an auto-save macro and WordPerfect's automatic backup
feature -- can be used together, if you wish. The WordPerfect
automatic backup feature makes just one backup of the current
file; however, this is a separate file from the current
file, located in the same directory/folder but with a .BK! filename
extension. The "period-plus-save" method saves the
same file over and over: no separate backup file is created (unless,
of course, you have the automatic backup feature turned on).
And if you use WordPerfect's automatic backup feature, be sure
to set it to 5 minutes or longer, as explained on the above-linked
page.]
However, the simple two-line
macro above has some limitations: It cannot tell if the cursor
is located inside a "substructure" such as a dialog
box -- a place where File, Save will not work. Also, it doesn't
notice when you type ellipses ("..." or ". . ."),
and it saves even when you are entering numerical data, which
(slightly) slows such data entry.
The two-line
macro above can be elaborated to
- check if the
period you want to type at the cursor location follows a digit,
another period, or a space; and
- check if the
cursor is inside a a substructure.
If both conditions
are true, the macro would not save the file, thereby avoiding
potential problems with saving and reducing any (very slight)
slowdown in your work. If both conditions are false, the macro
would proceed to save the file.
A macro (Period+Save.wcm) that does these things
is included as part of the MULTISAV.ZIP file on this page. It pops an information
message in an unsaved or read-only document, and also does not
auto-save the document when you are writing or editing a macro
or template (most macro writers probably do not want frequent
auto-saves while they code a macro). These two features can be
changed with a simple setting in the macro's User Modification
Area.
Related tips:
It may be best
to assign the macro to the period key in a copy of your
default keyboard. That is, instead of assigning the Period+Save macro to the default
keyboard -- the one you use all or most of the time, such as
<WPWin 11 Keyboard>, <WPWin 8 Keyboard>,
<WPDOS 6.1 Keyboard>, etc. -- create a copy
of the default keyboard definition, and use the copy when assigning
this macro to a key. You can then use your mouse or a keystroke
combination (see next paragraphs) to quickly toggle between keyboards,
depending on whether or not you want to use the period-plus-save
method of automating the saving of your files.
- Click on Tools,
Settings, Customize, then the Keyboards tab. Click the Copy button,
then select the keyboard you want to copy (the "From"
and "To" fields should be the default template file
for your version of WordPerfect, such as "wp11US").
Click on Copy, then give the new keyboard a name (perhaps <Auto-save
keyboard>). Click OK.
- Back in the
Customize Settings dialog, select the new keyboard, and click
Edit. Check the box, "Allow assignment of character keys."
Scroll down to the period (for most keyboards it's just under
the hyphen [-] and above the forward slash [/] in the list),
and choose it. Click on the Macros tab, then click Assign Macro
to Key. Select the Period+save.wcm macro and assign it
to the period key. (No need to save it with the full path if
the macro is in your default or supplemental macros directory/folder.)
- Click OK/Close
until you are back at the main document screen.
Then -
- Either right-click the Status
Bar (the very bottom of the WP window that shows the names of
currently opened documents) and choose Settings. When the Settings
dialog appears, check the box, "Keyboard," then click
OK. You can then click the keyboard icon that appears on the
Status bar to slect the desired keyboard;
- Or create two simple macros.
Using them will require three fewer mouse clicks to change keyboards
than the method above.
- This method
is almost as easy to set up. First create two macros (which are
recordable with Tools, Macro, Record), then assign them to toolbar
buttons
or keystrokes -- one macro to select
the new keyboard and one to select your default keyboard. That
way, you can use your mouse or a keystroke combination to quickly
toggle between keyboards, depending on whether or not you want
to use the period-plus-save feature.
- You can now
use your mouse or a keystroke combination to quickly toggle between
keyboards, depending on whether or not you want to use the period-plus-save
method of automating the saving of your files.
Known Limitations:
The macro doens't
work properly with the "As-U-Type" spell check and
speed typing program, when a period follows a word that is in
As-U-Type's Correction Database. If you use As-U-Type, just toggle
it off temporarily with <LeftShift+RightShift>. Or use
this tip from the author of As-U-Type:
'...To fix [this],
please ... remove the period from As-U-Type's expander characters
set: Right click the program's running icon and choose the "Options..."
command. Then click the "Others" item on the left,
and remove the period from the "Expanders" box on the
right. (The Expanders box contains all characters which trigger
expansion). Of course after removing the period from the box,
As-U-Type no longer expands text when you type the period (so
"admin." still stays as "admin.", while "admin,"
continues to be expanded to "administration,")....'
For more on As-U-Type
-- which is otherwise an excellent program -- see http://www.asutype.com/.
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Tip #2
THIRD-PARTY
SOFTWARE TO AUTOMATE BACK UPS
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(See also Automatically
make backups of your document to help you recover your work
using a setting in WordPerfect.)
If you need real-time, automatic,
or sequential backups of designated types of files, you might
consider -
- Centered Systems' SecondCopy
(US $29.95) backs up (or optionally synchronizes and/or encrypts)
saved files -- one copy of each, optionally compressed into a
password-protected, standard ZIP file; it can also automatically
move/store multiple older copies ("versions") in a
separate archive; backups can be made on a user-defined time
schedule or when files change.
- VCom's AutoSave
(US $49.99) makes an automatic, user-defined number of sequential
back ups ("versions") of each saved file (or can synchronize
them with another computer).
- PC Magazine's InstaBack
2 (for Windows 2000, XP & Vista; download: US $7.97).
"Instantly and Automatically Back Up Your Data" whenever
you save a file in specified programs. InstaBack can also create
multiple versions of backed up files by saving each new backup
with a numerical filename extension. You can also do scheduled
backups.
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