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Updating Linked Objects
I recently got a new computer, which meant a new install of MS Office, and
ever since, my linked documents in Word automatically update instead of asking me if I want to update them. Is there any way I can turn this feature back "on" so it asks me before just updating stuff? Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!! |
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ang wrote:
I recently got a new computer, which meant a new install of MS Office, and ever since, my linked documents in Word automatically update instead of asking me if I want to update them. Is there any way I can turn this feature back "on" so it asks me before just updating stuff? Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!! In Tools Options General, uncheck "Update automatic links at open". In the Print tab of the same dialog, uncheck "Update links" if you don't want to update when printing. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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I have tried both of these already to no avail. Whenever I open a document
with a linked object it just automatically updates instead of asking me if I want to update anything. Any other ideas??? "Jay Freedman" wrote: ang wrote: I recently got a new computer, which meant a new install of MS Office, and ever since, my linked documents in Word automatically update instead of asking me if I want to update them. Is there any way I can turn this feature back "on" so it asks me before just updating stuff? Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!! In Tools Options General, uncheck "Update automatic links at open". In the Print tab of the same dialog, uncheck "Update links" if you don't want to update when printing. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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What type of links are they? Links to other Word documents?
Also, what version of Word are you using? -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "ang" wrote in message ... I have tried both of these already to no avail. Whenever I open a document with a linked object it just automatically updates instead of asking me if I want to update anything. Any other ideas??? "Jay Freedman" wrote: In Tools Options General, uncheck "Update automatic links at open". In the Print tab of the same dialog, uncheck "Update links" if you don't want to update when printing. |
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yes they are links to other Word documents. i am using Word 2000. before i
got this new computer, whenever i opened a file with a link it was ask if i wanted to update the link and it would say give me the option of yes or no. now it doesn't do anything but automatically update it... "Beth Melton" wrote: What type of links are they? Links to other Word documents? Also, what version of Word are you using? -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "ang" wrote in message ... I have tried both of these already to no avail. Whenever I open a document with a linked object it just automatically updates instead of asking me if I want to update anything. Any other ideas??? "Jay Freedman" wrote: In Tools Options General, uncheck "Update automatic links at open". In the Print tab of the same dialog, uncheck "Update links" if you don't want to update when printing. |
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Since you are using Word 2000 I suspect you don't have all of the
patches applied. Due to security concerns the "Word 2000 SR-1 update: October 16, 2002" changed the behavior of certain Word fields that would automatically update upon opening the document if the Tools/Options/General/Automatically update links on Open is turned on. So what you are encountering is how Word 2000 was originally designed. You'll need to go to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/of...e/default.aspx and update Word if you want to be prompted when opening a document containing a LINK field. If you want more information on how to modify the field security settings once the patch is applied then take a look at this article: "More on Word Field Vulnerability" http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=120 -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "ang" wrote in message ... yes they are links to other Word documents. i am using Word 2000. before i got this new computer, whenever i opened a file with a link it was ask if i wanted to update the link and it would say give me the option of yes or no. now it doesn't do anything but automatically update it... |
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