Click to expand.ugh. That's what i'm doing. Apple makes everything more complicated to amuse people. There are extra tons of combinations involve the extra fn,and command keys. Basically they are copying windows, using command to replace ctrl, move the task bar from bottom to the top, keep the new file on the left side of the screen instead right side.blah blah blah They are trying hard to be different from windows with some superficial stuffs. And actually we like difference, just like why people elected obama for president. Windows is like our wives and OS X is like mistresses which could bring us a lot of fun.
I'm trying to save a Word document on my MacBook Pro and want to create a new folder for it and other related documents. Unfortunately, when. Jump to How to manually create a folder in iCloud Drive on Mac - Click the Finder icon in your Mac's dock. You can create folders inside of.
I love my macbook pro, just b/c it's cool looking and it's more expensive than other laptops, and it's always fun to learn new stuffs before i get bored with it b/c of its low efficiency. Click to expand.Except for the fact that Apple originated Command+C to copy, Command+V to paste, Command+X to cut, etc. You realize Apple was the first to mass produce GUI centric computers.almost a decade before Microsoft. Microsoft wouldn't have been capable of selecting or copying any text in the first place until then. Think about that. It was originally called the Trash on the Macintosh in 1984. Contextual Menus?
File Edit etc? Yeah, that stuff too. Windows has always copied from Mac OS, it's just a basic fact of life.
They're the Chinese-Gucci-knock-off of computers. C.1984 Look Familiar? Except for the fact that Apple originated Command+C to copy, Command+V to paste, Command+X to cut, etc.
You realize Apple was the first to mass produce GUI centric computers.almost a decade before Microsoft. Microsoft wouldn't have been capable of selecting or copying any text in the first place until then. Think about that. It was originally called the Trash on the Macintosh in 1984. Contextual Menus?
File Edit etc? Yeah, that stuff too. Windows has always copied from Mac OS, it's just a basic fact of life. They're the Chinese-Gucci-knock-off of computers. C.1984 Look Familiar? Just because you're unfamiliar with how it works does not equate to it being complicated.
Click on the Word app, or an alias (in Dock or anywhere) Word opens to the Project Gallery. Word Document should be highlighted in the 'New' panel. If not, get there and click it. Now click the Open button. A blank document opens.
Now select File SaveAs to save it where you want it to go. (We can help with that if you have questions.) Give it a name. Windows has the process exactly backwards. Click to expand.Actually, that is the question.
In Windows, without opening any application you can open a folder, right click, choose New- and there's a menu of common file types that you can create right there - including Office files and plain text files. Once its created, just double-click it and you're off. Its useful, and quicker than opening the application, creating a new document and then saving it. Mac users who've never had it won't miss it.
Its something that you ought to be able to fix using Automator, but I'm not sure the Automator actions for Word work any more. Actually, that is the question. In Windows, without opening any application you can open a folder, right click, choose New- and there's a menu of common file types that you can create right there - including Office files and plain text files. Once its created, just double-click it and you're off. Its useful, and quicker than opening the application, creating a new document and then saving it.
Mac users who've never had it won't miss it. Its something that you ought to be able to fix using Automator, but I'm not sure the Automator actions for Word work any more. Click to expand.I'd think it might be possible without using any Automator actions from Word.
A Word file is just a file (or possibly a package/bundle, i.e. A directory masquerading as a file). Whatever a Word document is, it's something that exists within the file-system, and can be duplicated therein. To start, create a prototype of whatever it is that you want. Store it somewhere convenient under the /Library folder.
Then make an Automator action that duplicates the prototype you made to the current folder. That's a simple outline of what needs to happen. You don't need Word actions to duplicate something, just use a Finder action, or even an AppleScript or Shell script action. As long as the prototype being duplicated is something in the file-system, then it should be duplicatable without using Word. There are almost certainly a fair number of details I've glossed over, or am simply ignorant of because I don't have Word.
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If you want to try making an Automator action, I'm willing to contribute my experience with Automator, and my experience with shell scripts, file-systems, etc. It's the kind of thing that seems entirely possible to me, and if it eventually turns out it's not, it would be interesting to know the reasons why not. Sometimes the best available answer is 'Try it; see what happens', as long as one is willing to try things to see what happens.
Hi Mike, What are you comparing Office 2016 for Mac to that spawned this question? If you are comparing some of the file dialogs to the PC version of Word, then your question is understandable. The Mac versions of Office applications have not had the option to create new folders on them, as does the PC versions of the product. The File Save dialog does have a create New Folder button but the File Open dialog does not.
Typically you create new folders from the Apple application called Finder. Hope this helps Richard V. Michaels [email protected] Provides free AuthorTec add-ins for Mac-Office and Win-Office. I addition to Rich's Answer That is absolutely correct. Assuming you are totally green so far as Mac is concerned.
The Finder is what you see when you first turn on Computer after it boots up or is restarted. Unless you have a desktop picture or background set or screen saver set usually it is some background color. My choice is Gray. With Marine Aquarium 3.2 as my screen save of choice.
It will show the icon of your Hard Drive on the Right side. From the Finder click on File. And will show this Menu: Choose New Folder or you can memorize and use (while in File Menu (Shift ⌘- N). Oh if yours is a New computer there is no DVD Drive to Burn Desktop to Disc. Or related commands (unless you happened to buy a DVD Super Drive.) If my reply has helped, mark accordingly - Helpful or Answer Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.