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Prompted to save changes when no changes are made
Greetings. If this is not an appropriate place for this post please redirect
me - I couldn't find a more general kind of category. I have a user who is complaining that in Word 2000 (and Excel 2000), he is prompted with "Do you want to save the changes you made to 'File Name.doc'?" every time he opens and closes a document. Typically, a user is only prompted with this message when changes have been made. In his case, he receives the prompt when no changes have been made. This appears to be happening with all documents, not just a select few. The Update Fields when Printing selection is unchecked, and the problem is reproducible without printing the document. If the document is prompting to save changes because of a field, what is activating the field when the user does absolutely nothing to the document? I have tried renaming all of his normal.dot tempaltes to normal.dot.old so that it would recreate the normal template, but this had no therapuetic effect. I would love some suggestions here. We're running Win2KPro SP4 with Office 2000SP3. Thanks in advance for your kind advice. Jennifer |
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"all of his normal.dot templates"
There should only be one per user unless he is a Word consultant or developer. If you press Alt-F9 you'll get a display of field codes in the document. I believe the Date and Time fields are updated when the document is opened. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Jeni Q" wrote in message ... Greetings. If this is not an appropriate place for this post please redirect me - I couldn't find a more general kind of category. I have a user who is complaining that in Word 2000 (and Excel 2000), he is prompted with "Do you want to save the changes you made to 'File Name.doc'?" every time he opens and closes a document. Typically, a user is only prompted with this message when changes have been made. In his case, he receives the prompt when no changes have been made. This appears to be happening with all documents, not just a select few. The Update Fields when Printing selection is unchecked, and the problem is reproducible without printing the document. If the document is prompting to save changes because of a field, what is activating the field when the user does absolutely nothing to the document? I have tried renaming all of his normal.dot tempaltes to normal.dot.old so that it would recreate the normal template, but this had no therapuetic effect. I would love some suggestions here. We're running Win2KPro SP4 with Office 2000SP3. Thanks in advance for your kind advice. Jennifer |
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Are you referring to inserted Date and Time fields in a specific document?
Or are you referring to the document's properties? If you are referring to specific, inserted Date and Time fields in a document, then that would mean that every Word document he opens has one of those fields in his document, which I just don't think is reasonable to suspect. Add to that that his system is behaving differently from everyone else's - how/why could that be? It doesn't make sense. If you are referring to the document properties then that is just crazy. There are legitimate multiple copies of the normal.dot template. There is the one where Microsoft puts it w/o asking, and then there's one for each user profile that is created on the computer. At any rate, multiple normal.dot's is not what is causing the problem. Any other ideas or maybe troubleshooting steps? Thanks, Jennifer "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... : "all of his normal.dot templates" : There should only be one per user unless he is a Word consultant or : developer. : : If you press Alt-F9 you'll get a display of field codes in the document. : : I believe the Date and Time fields are updated when the document is opened. : -- : Charles Kenyon : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide : : See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn : from my ignorance and your wisdom. : : "Jeni Q" wrote in message : ... : Greetings. If this is not an appropriate place for this post please : redirect : me - I couldn't find a more general kind of category. : : I have a user who is complaining that in Word 2000 (and Excel 2000), he is : prompted with "Do you want to save the changes you made to 'File : Name.doc'?" : every time he opens and closes a document. Typically, a user is only : prompted with this message when changes have been made. In his case, he : receives the prompt when no changes have been made. This appears to be : happening with all documents, not just a select few. The Update Fields : when : Printing selection is unchecked, and the problem is reproducible without : printing the document. If the document is prompting to save changes : because : of a field, what is activating the field when the user does absolutely : nothing to the document? : : I have tried renaming all of his normal.dot tempaltes to normal.dot.old so : that it would recreate the normal template, but this had no therapuetic : effect. : : I would love some suggestions here. We're running Win2KPro SP4 with Office : 2000SP3. : Thanks in advance for your kind advice. : : Jennifer : : : : |
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Start Word in Safe Mode: from Start, Run, type in
winword /a and press enter. Word will open in its default install mode. Now close Word immediately. Does it still prompt to save normal.dot? If it doesn't, it indicates that there is an add-in or custom macro that is dirtying the open documents even though they are not being edited. Check the following FAQ for more information: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "Jeni Q" wrote in message ... : Are you referring to inserted Date and Time fields in a specific document? : Or are you referring to the document's properties? If you are referring to : specific, inserted Date and Time fields in a document, then that would mean : that every Word document he opens has one of those fields in his document, : which I just don't think is reasonable to suspect. Add to that that his : system is behaving differently from everyone else's - how/why could that be? : It doesn't make sense. If you are referring to the document properties then : that is just crazy. : : There are legitimate multiple copies of the normal.dot template. There is : the one where Microsoft puts it w/o asking, and then there's one for each : user profile that is created on the computer. At any rate, multiple : normal.dot's is not what is causing the problem. : : Any other ideas or maybe troubleshooting steps? : : Thanks, : Jennifer : : "Charles Kenyon" wrote in : message ... :: "all of his normal.dot templates" :: There should only be one per user unless he is a Word consultant or :: developer. :: :: If you press Alt-F9 you'll get a display of field codes in the document. :: :: I believe the Date and Time fields are updated when the document is : opened. :: -- :: Charles Kenyon :: :: Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word :: :: Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of :: Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide :: :: See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! :: --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- :: This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies :: and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn :: from my ignorance and your wisdom. :: :: "Jeni Q" wrote in message :: ... :: Greetings. If this is not an appropriate place for this post please :: redirect :: me - I couldn't find a more general kind of category. :: :: I have a user who is complaining that in Word 2000 (and Excel 2000), he : is :: prompted with "Do you want to save the changes you made to 'File :: Name.doc'?" :: every time he opens and closes a document. Typically, a user is only :: prompted with this message when changes have been made. In his case, he :: receives the prompt when no changes have been made. This appears to be :: happening with all documents, not just a select few. The Update Fields :: when :: Printing selection is unchecked, and the problem is reproducible without :: printing the document. If the document is prompting to save changes :: because :: of a field, what is activating the field when the user does absolutely :: nothing to the document? :: :: I have tried renaming all of his normal.dot tempaltes to normal.dot.old : so :: that it would recreate the normal template, but this had no therapuetic :: effect. :: :: I would love some suggestions here. We're running Win2KPro SP4 with : Office :: 2000SP3. :: Thanks in advance for your kind advice. :: :: Jennifer :: :: :: :: : : |
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Thanks, I'll try these steps. By the way, he is NOT getting prompted to save
normal.dot. He is getting prompted to save every individual file, regardless of whether or not any changes have been made to the file. "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message ... : Start Word in Safe Mode: from Start, Run, type in : : winword /a : : and press enter. Word will open in its default install mode. Now close Word : immediately. Does it still prompt to save normal.dot? If it doesn't, it : indicates that there is an add-in or custom macro that is dirtying the open : documents even though they are not being edited. Check the following FAQ for : more information: : http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm : : |
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In Word 2002 and 2003, there is a simple explanation for this, but it would
not be applicable to Word 2000. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jeni Q" wrote in message ... Thanks, I'll try these steps. By the way, he is NOT getting prompted to save normal.dot. He is getting prompted to save every individual file, regardless of whether or not any changes have been made to the file. "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message ... : Start Word in Safe Mode: from Start, Run, type in : : winword /a : : and press enter. Word will open in its default install mode. Now close Word : immediately. Does it still prompt to save normal.dot? If it doesn't, it : indicates that there is an add-in or custom macro that is dirtying the open : documents even though they are not being edited. Check the following FAQ for : more information: : http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm : : |
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"Jeni Q" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
I have a user who is complaining that in Word 2000 (and Excel 2000), he is prompted with "Do you want to save the changes you made to 'File Name.doc'?" every time he opens and closes a document. Isn't it aggravating? I get those "false positives" a lot too. Sometimes it's fields that auto-update, but sometimes it's not. (Excel does the same annoying thing, when I open my gradebook spreadsheet, look at it, and close it.) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
In Word 2002 and 2003, there is a simple explanation for this, but it would not be applicable to Word 2000. I've got Word 2003 -- could you share that simple explanation please? :-) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Smart Tags. See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a
Document Even Though You Have Made No Changes" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stan Brown" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers: In Word 2002 and 2003, there is a simple explanation for this, but it would not be applicable to Word 2000. I've got Word 2003 -- could you share that simple explanation please? :-) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
Smart Tags. See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document Even Though You Have Made No Changes" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473 Thanks! (I'm beginning to think that the adjective "smart" in front of any Microsoft feature was chosen because it sounds so much better than "nuisance". :-) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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