The point of the article is you probably need to regenerate your normal.dot.
It is the default container for AutoText including all the things that
normally go into a header or footer.
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"MikeM" wrote in message
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Thanks for the response, this is the first time I have resorted to a
discussion group. I have tried inserting it into several other documents
that
already had that field and also including new Word documents with all
being
.doc. I even tried it in Excel and it works fine but not in Word. PS I
liked
your article on Normal.dot

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Reinstalling will not help. You have most likely saved a document as
Normal.dot. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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"MikeM" wrote in message
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I have previously inserted the file name & path in Word 2003 documents
but
it
no longer works. When inserting it comes up with " FILENAME \p " I
tried
to
detect & repair but that has not helped. The next step is to completely
reinstall Word 2003 but I would only do that as a last resort as I
don't
like
MS policy on activation codes even though I have legitimate MS Office
software.