User has Word 2002. He reports that about 80% of the time when he does
nothing more than open a document, he receives a prompt asking if he wants
to save it, even if nothing changed in the document. I've looked at his
setting and do not see anything that would seem to apply to this. What
might be causing this unwelcome prompt? TIA!

Hi Brenda,

Do the documents contain field codes (alt+F9 to toggle)
such as 'current date' that will update when the document
is opened? That can be a common source of the file being
'changed' in Word's view.

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"Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ...
User has Word 2002. He reports that about 80% of the time when he does
nothing more than open a document, he receives a prompt asking if he wants
to save it, even if nothing changed in the document. I've looked at his
setting and do not see anything that would seem to apply to this. What
might be causing this unwelcome prompt? TIA!
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

I had him check and no, Field Codes was not checked. His documents
generally are straight text in an outline/numbering format.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Brenda,

Do the documents contain field codes (alt+F9 to toggle)
such as 'current date' that will update when the document
is opened? That can be a common source of the file being
'changed' in Word's view.

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"Brenda Rueter" wrote in message
...
User has Word 2002. He reports that about 80% of the time when he does
nothing more than open a document, he receives a prompt asking if he wants
to save it, even if nothing changed in the document. I've looked at his
setting and do not see anything that would seem to apply to this. What
might be causing this unwelcome prompt? TIA!
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

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

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Brenda Rueter" wrote in message
...
User has Word 2002. He reports that about 80% of the time when he does
nothing more than open a document, he receives a prompt asking if he wants
to save it, even if nothing changed in the document. I've looked at his
setting and do not see anything that would seem to apply to this. What
might be causing this unwelcome prompt? TIA!

It isn't a question of Field Codes being checked, but rather existing in
the document. Have him do Alt-F9 and look at the document carefully. Any
field codes will show up.
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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!
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"Brenda Rueter" wrote in message
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I had him check and no, Field Codes was not checked. His documents
generally are straight text in an outline/numbering format.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Brenda,

Do the documents contain field codes (alt+F9 to toggle)
such as 'current date' that will update when the document
is opened? That can be a common source of the file being
'changed' in Word's view.

=======
"Brenda Rueter" wrote in message
...
User has Word 2002. He reports that about 80% of the time when he does
nothing more than open a document, he receives a prompt asking if he
wants
to save it, even if nothing changed in the document. I've looked at his
setting and do not see anything that would seem to apply to this. What
might be causing this unwelcome prompt? TIA!
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

Thanks. I've passed that along.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
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.

"Brenda Rueter" wrote in message
...
User has Word 2002. He reports that about 80% of the time when he does
nothing more than open a document, he receives a prompt asking if he
wants
to save it, even if nothing changed in the document. I've looked at his
setting and do not see anything that would seem to apply to this. What
might be causing this unwelcome prompt? TIA!