Well....grrrrrrrr.... Thank you for responding so quickly. Macros are not
working within the documents - the option is greyed out due I suppose to the
forms being protected. I found another macro that will change text in
batches, and since the filename changes would for the most part be the fiscal
year, do you think that would work? Would a macro for changing text in
batches of files work if the files are protected forms? I really, truly,
absolutely, do not want to have to update each and every file individually.
And whatever happened to the adage, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'???
Hope you're having a great day!
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
That behavior changed in Word 2002, as described in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897.
I sympathize -- especially as the stated reason for the change is unbelievably
bogus -- but using a series of macros is the only way to avoid needing manual
updating. Besides the AutoOpen macro shown in the KB article, you would also
need one that intercepts the Save As command and saves, updates the field, and
saves again (the first save changes the name of the file, but updating the field
"dirties" the document and makes another save necessary).
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:52:01 -0700, Deb wrote:
A few years ago, I created a protected form which has a footer containing a
filename field that would update as a user copied and renamed the file.
Recently, the filename has not been updating. F9 works, but you have to
unprotect and resave the document, and when tested, also does not change the
filename when renamed to a new file. Also found a macro which works as F9
does. To do these steps would be like re-inventing the wheel. The purpose
of this form was to make it user-proof and setup up general forms for each
client we have - all a user needed to do was fill in specific info, such as
account amounts, and the form would update the filename and retain the basic
client info. Did Microsoft change something? And how can I get my nice
little feature back? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!