Re: File cut in "File Open" (Excel)

[Guest Alan]

Re: File cut in "File Open" (Excel)

 

Gone,

 

I just re-read your post more carefully than I originally did. So maybe I'm

not exactly sure what it was that you were attempting.

 

What version of Excel are you using?

 

In all the versions of Excel that I have on my various machines, the 'Cut'

option is in the Edit menu, not the File menu.

 

And when you use the 'Cut' you should have a second Excel worksheet open in

which to Paste the contents.

 

That said, I still prefer to use Edit | Copy | Paste rather than Edit | Cut

| Paste for the same reasons I gave in my earlier reply.

 

Alan

 

"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.not> wrote in message news:...

> Hi Pegasus,

>

> I think Gone means that he/she tried replacing an Excel file of the same

> name by cutting it from one folder and overwriting an Excel file of the

> same name in a second folder.

>

> Then when Gone opened up what was expected to be the newer version of the

> Excel file in the target folder, all that was there was the contents of

> the original Excel file, and the newer revised Excel file in the first

> folder no longer existed.

>

> Gone, for what it's worth, I generally try to never cut a file to put it

> in a second folder. I always Copy the file to the second folder and once

> I'm sure it's there and has the content that I expect, I go back to the

> first folder and delete the file.

>

> I realize that this is not going to help you now, unfortunately.

>

> Alan

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

> news:%23%23IdUSxvIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>

>> "Gone" <Gone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:8B13D6FB-419C-497B-803F-C19980B3ECA2@microsoft.com...

>>> From Excel's "File Open" dialog box, I cut the latest version of a file

>>> to

>>> replace a previous version in a different folder. The previous version

>>> remained and the latest version was deleted and it's not in the Recycle

>>> Bin

>>> or anyplace else. Is this a bug? Windows XP Home SP2

>>

>> This is by design - it's not a bug. "Cut" does not place a file

>> into the Recycle Bin - it puts it into the Clipboard.

>>

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