Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Creating a Document Clone.
There may be times when you want to make a copy of a Word document, without affecting the original document at all. Word 2000 through Word 2003 provide an easy way to do this. Simply follow these steps:
If you are using Word 97 then you need to follow these steps, instead:
The document that is opened use the same file name, but Word attaches the phrase "Copy of" to it as a prefix. Thus, if the original document you selected in step 2 is named "My Document.doc," what Word creates is a document named "Copy of My Document.doc." If you want to rename the file, you will need to either use the Save As command, or rename the document after closing it.
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2024-03-04 06:27:30
Paul Hanson
Lots of ways to do it so yes, you could use Save as. I tend to have Windows Explorer open to the directory I am wanting to create the copy in so, in WE, I select the file, right-click, select copy, right-click, select paste.
2024-03-03 10:43:17
Joel Hornstein
Instead of open a copy, couldn't you also use save as?
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