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Automatic File Names
When a document was previously created, our users saved the document which
created an automatic file path name in the footer area. This no longer happens and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried using the Field Name function, but still cannot get this to work. Any ideas please? Thanks Shelagh |
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Automatic File Names
Presumably the template used to create the documents used to have a FILENAME
field in the footer? -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... When a document was previously created, our users saved the document which created an automatic file path name in the footer area. This no longer happens and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried using the Field Name function, but still cannot get this to work. Any ideas please? Thanks Shelagh |
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Yes it must have because it used to appear, but no longer does. I have tried
taking a copy of the normal.dot template to insert a field name for the file path, but it still does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Presumably the template used to create the documents used to have a FILENAME field in the footer? -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... When a document was previously created, our users saved the document which created an automatic file path name in the footer area. This no longer happens and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried using the Field Name function, but still cannot get this to work. Any ideas please? Thanks Shelagh |
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You do not want to add *anything* to a header or footer in Normal.dot, nor
do you want to try to save any document or template as Normal.dot. Instead, create a specific document template containing this footer and use it to create the documents in question. -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... Yes it must have because it used to appear, but no longer does. I have tried taking a copy of the normal.dot template to insert a field name for the file path, but it still does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Presumably the template used to create the documents used to have a FILENAME field in the footer? -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... When a document was previously created, our users saved the document which created an automatic file path name in the footer area. This no longer happens and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried using the Field Name function, but still cannot get this to work. Any ideas please? Thanks Shelagh |
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Automatic File Names
Normal.dot is used as the template basis for all of our documents created. We
have never had templates, so previously normal.dot must have had the footer in it to create this automatically. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You do not want to add *anything* to a header or footer in Normal.dot, nor do you want to try to save any document or template as Normal.dot. Instead, create a specific document template containing this footer and use it to create the documents in question. -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... Yes it must have because it used to appear, but no longer does. I have tried taking a copy of the normal.dot template to insert a field name for the file path, but it still does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Presumably the template used to create the documents used to have a FILENAME field in the footer? -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... When a document was previously created, our users saved the document which created an automatic file path name in the footer area. This no longer happens and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried using the Field Name function, but still cannot get this to work. Any ideas please? Thanks Shelagh |
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If Normal.dot was ever renamed (to solve any kind of Word problem), it was
restored to its default state, and this footer would have been lost. That does not change the fact that adding a header or footer to Normal.dot is strongly discouraged. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... Normal.dot is used as the template basis for all of our documents created. We have never had templates, so previously normal.dot must have had the footer in it to create this automatically. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You do not want to add *anything* to a header or footer in Normal.dot, nor do you want to try to save any document or template as Normal.dot. Instead, create a specific document template containing this footer and use it to create the documents in question. -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... Yes it must have because it used to appear, but no longer does. I have tried taking a copy of the normal.dot template to insert a field name for the file path, but it still does not work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Presumably the template used to create the documents used to have a FILENAME field in the footer? -- 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. "Shelagh" wrote in message ... When a document was previously created, our users saved the document which created an automatic file path name in the footer area. This no longer happens and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried using the Field Name function, but still cannot get this to work. Any ideas please? Thanks Shelagh |
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