Hello,
I would like to automatically add the name of the user and the date to a
"revision" table in the beginning of a modified Word document when that file
is saved.
Can this be done? I am not interested in having the balloons etc.. of Track
Changes functionality, just who made a change and what date in a table to
show revisions.
Thanks!

You could define an AutoText entry to include the Author and Date fields and
then create a macro to insert this entry and unlink it (so that the name and
date would be converted to plain text). If the macro were named AutoClose,
it would fire when a document is closed. If you want it to fire when the
document is saved, you'll need to hijack the FileSave command.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Stacy M" Stacy wrote in message
...
Hello,
I would like to automatically add the name of the user and the date to a
"revision" table in the beginning of a modified Word document when that
file
is saved.
Can this be done? I am not interested in having the balloons etc.. of
Track
Changes functionality, just who made a change and what date in a table to
show revisions.
Thanks!

thanks, I will work on this but if i get stuck, I will reply to this message
again.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You could define an AutoText entry to include the Author and Date fields and
then create a macro to insert this entry and unlink it (so that the name and
date would be converted to plain text). If the macro were named AutoClose,
it would fire when a document is closed. If you want it to fire when the
document is saved, you'll need to hijack the FileSave command.

--
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.

"Stacy M" Stacy wrote in message
...
Hello,
I would like to automatically add the name of the user and the date to a
"revision" table in the beginning of a modified Word document when that
file
is saved.
Can this be done? I am not interested in having the balloons etc.. of
Track
Changes functionality, just who made a change and what date in a table to
show revisions.
Thanks!