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Application.DefaultSaveFormat property (Word)

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Returns or sets the default format that will appear in the Save as type box in the Save As dialog box. Read/write String.

Syntax

expression. DefaultSaveFormat

expression An expression that represents a 'Application' object.

Remarks

The string used with this property is the file converter class name. The class names for internal Word formats are listed in the following table.

Word format File converter class name
Word Document ""
Document Template "Dot"
Text Only "Text"
Text Only with Line Breaks "CRText"
MS-DOS Text "8Text"
MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks "8CRText"
Rich Text Format "Rtf"
Unicode Text "Unicode"

Use the ClassName property of the FileConverter object to determine the class name of an external file converter.

Example

This example sets the Word document format as the default save format.

Application.DefaultSaveFormat = ""

This example returns the current setting that Word uses for saving a document.

Msgbox Application.DefaultSaveFormat

See also

Application Object

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