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Saving excel files
Is there a way to configure excel to actuall modify a spreadsheet that it is
editing, as opposed to makeing a temporary copy of the file, and overwriting the edited file with a new file? |
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Saving excel files
Not that I ever heard of.
FileSave As a new name will not overwrite the original, but also the original will not have the edting changes. What are you looking to do? Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:50:02 -0800, "A Samon" <A wrote: Is there a way to configure excel to actuall modify a spreadsheet that it is editing, as opposed to makeing a temporary copy of the file, and overwriting the edited file with a new file? |
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I don't quite understand what you are asking - if you SAVE the file as
you work on it it will overwrite the original. Pete |
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I currently have several thousand excel spreadsheets arranged in a
hierarchial directory structure on a novell 6.5 server with hardlinks enabled. I have created a directory that has a hardlink to each spreadsheet in my directory structure. "hardlinks are way of createing a type of shortcut where the two files actually occupy the same inode" The problem is that a hardlink can be deleted, so when excel overwrites the file It effectivel breaks the hardlink, and now I have two files that are not the same. If excel could be configured to open/edit/save rather than open/create temporary copy/modify copy/overwrite original I would be in business. Thanks "Gord Dibben" wrote: Not that I ever heard of. FileSave As a new name will not overwrite the original, but also the original will not have the edting changes. What are you looking to do? Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:50:02 -0800, "A Samon" <A wrote: Is there a way to configure excel to actuall modify a spreadsheet that it is editing, as opposed to makeing a temporary copy of the file, and overwriting the edited file with a new file? |
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