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Update prompt at open and close
My Word document, with 12 ASK/REF fields, prompts me to update fields when
the document is opened and closed. How do I prevent the update prompt when closing the document, without losing the option to update it the next time the document gets opened? I get tired of pounding the ESC key before I can close it! |
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Update prompt at open and close
Hi ?B?a2F5YWtlcg==?=,
My Word document, with 12 ASK/REF fields, prompts me to update fields when the document is opened and closed. How do I prevent the update prompt when closing the document, without losing the option to update it the next time the document gets opened? I get tired of pounding the ESC key before I can close it! Which version of Word is involved? Normally, an ASK field will not update automatically; only Fillin fields exhibit this behavior. If the ASK field is being updated, then there's likely some code somewhere forcing the field updates. Do you have macros in this document, or in your Normal.dot or some other template? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Update prompt at open and close
Word 2003. No macros, just the fields. They are inserted into a document, vs.
a template. I open the original document , answer the prompts, and do a SAVE AS to a new document. In this way I preserve the original prompt responses, which serve as a tickler for how prompt responses should be formatted. The new document is what I want to stop asking for updates when I close it and when I subsequently re-open it. "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?a2F5YWtlcg==?=, My Word document, with 12 ASK/REF fields, prompts me to update fields when the document is opened and closed. How do I prevent the update prompt when closing the document, without losing the option to update it the next time the document gets opened? I get tired of pounding the ESC key before I can close it! Which version of Word is involved? Normally, an ASK field will not update automatically; only Fillin fields exhibit this behavior. If the ASK field is being updated, then there's likely some code somewhere forcing the field updates. Do you have macros in this document, or in your Normal.dot or some other template? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Update prompt at open and close
Hi ?B?a2F5YWtlcg==?=,
Word 2003. No macros, just the fields. They are inserted into a document, vs. a template. I open the original document , answer the prompts, and do a SAVE AS to a new document. In this way I preserve the original prompt responses, which serve as a tickler for how prompt responses should be formatted. The new document is what I want to stop asking for updates when I close it and when I subsequently re-open it. You have two basic choices: you can turn the fields into plain text, or you can lock the fields so that they can't update until you unlock them. Fields-Text: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Shift+F9 Lock fields: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+F11 Unlock fields: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Shift+F11 Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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