Press Alt+F9 and see if this makes a difference.

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"jilldean" wrote in message
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Hi There

I am having a problem with entering autotext in a footer. If you see
by the copied footer I have entered below, it is puting square boxes at
the beginning and end of the footer and it is also leaving the word
FILENAME in the footer aswell as the actual filename. Can you help
please?

Thanx

Jill

 FILENAME \p C:\Documents and Settings\cip155\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3\footer test.doc


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jilldean