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Change Default "Save As" Format for Existing Documents

Is it possible to change the default format in the drop down box of the "Save As" dialog when using "Save As", as opposed to just "Save"? Word is clever enough to detect the kind of document it is trying to "Save As" and chooses the appropriate type. However, I want to force Word to always "save as" a specific format. Again, this is for an existing document that one would copy using the "Save As" command.

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There are no options to change that behavior -- the built-in Save As command always assumes that you want to save with a different file name but in the same format.

The solution is to create a macro that sets the format as it opens the Save As dialog. As an example, to save the current active document (of any kind) as a .docx file, you can use this macro (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed):

Sub SaveAsDocx()
   With Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs)
      .Format = wdFormatXMLDocument
      .Show
   End With
End Sub

For other formats, you need to replace the word wdFormatXMLDocument with the appropriate value from this list.

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