Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move the file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in Word, the
filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually update the filepath. Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

See the following KB article:

The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a
document in Word 2002 or Word 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;832897

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move
the file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in
Word, the
filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually update the
filepath. Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move the
file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in Word, the
filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually update the filepath.
Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

Wow.. this is brilliant!! thanks very much.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move the
file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in Word,
the
filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually update the filepath.
Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

Hi,
There're some bugs on the code:-

1) When I save the file onto the read-only file, normally, it will pop up a
window and say this is read-only, cannot replace it. But this macro just
create an error, and the debugger pops up.

2) After I pressed "save as", if I cancel out, it also pop up the debugger.

Is there a way to solve these two problems?


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...

Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move the
file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in Word,
the
filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually update the filepath.
Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

Probably there is, but it isn't my code.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi,
There're some bugs on the code:-

1) When I save the file onto the read-only file, normally, it will pop up
a
window and say this is read-only, cannot replace it. But this macro just
create an error, and the debugger pops up.

2) After I pressed "save as", if I cancel out, it also pop up the
debugger.

Is there a way to solve these two problems?


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...

Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move the
file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in Word,
the
filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually update the
filepath.
Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

Have you entered the code correctly - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Adrian wrote:
Hi,
There're some bugs on the code:-

1) When I save the file onto the read-only file, normally, it will
pop up a window and say this is read-only, cannot replace it. But
this macro just create an error, and the debugger pops up.

2) After I pressed "save as", if I cancel out, it also pop up the
debugger.

Is there a way to solve these two problems?


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...

Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move
the file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in
Word, the filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually
update the filepath. Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

Yes, I entered correctly.

Another problem:
I got some templates, have following fields:-
Name
Address
......
......
filepath

After I merged the document, the filepath just become a plain text, so
actually the macro just can't update this filepath field. Is there a way to
get around this?

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Have you entered the code correctly - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Adrian wrote:
Hi,
There're some bugs on the code:-

1) When I save the file onto the read-only file, normally, it will
pop up a window and say this is read-only, cannot replace it. But
this macro just create an error, and the debugger pops up.

2) After I pressed "save as", if I cancel out, it also pop up the
debugger.

Is there a way to solve these two problems?


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...

Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move
the file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in
Word, the filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually
update the filepath. Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian

The fields converting is a separate issue. This is normal behavior for a
mailmerge.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Yes, I entered correctly.

Another problem:
I got some templates, have following fields:-
Name
Address
.....
.....
filepath

After I merged the document, the filepath just become a plain text, so
actually the macro just can't update this filepath field. Is there a way
to
get around this?

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Have you entered the code correctly - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Adrian wrote:
Hi,
There're some bugs on the code:-

1) When I save the file onto the read-only file, normally, it will
pop up a window and say this is read-only, cannot replace it. But
this macro just create an error, and the debugger pops up.

2) After I pressed "save as", if I cancel out, it also pop up the
debugger.

Is there a way to solve these two problems?


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...

Take a look at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Hi,

In excel, after we add the filepath to the footer, whenever we move
the file
into different location, the filepath will update itself. But in
Word, the filepath just stay the same, and I have to manually
update the filepath. Is
there a way to make it update itself automatically?

Thanks

Adrian