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Header and Footer
I have Office 2003.
I am trying to access the header and footer feature in Word but when I choose View\header and footer\insert auto text\filename and path i get this message: filename\p but it does not give me the actual name and path of the file. I toggled the Alt F9 but it does not change the coding in the header. I even went to Tools\options\view tab and checked and uncheck the box that says "field codes" but nothing change. I hightled the code in the header box and toggled the field codes on and off and the coding in the header never changed. Is there something that I am missing? It has something to do with the profile b\c when I log on to the same computer but with a different profile the toggle of 'field code' works but it is only with the other profile that we have the problem. Is there a registry setting that I can check either under his profile or somewhere else? Can you help me? Thanks for your help |
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Hi Robin,
It sounds like the AutoText entry for Filename and Path (which normally is a field containing the field code filename \p) has been replaced with plain text. That's stored in the Normal.dot template, not in the registry. Select the text filename \p and then press Ctrl+F9 to turn it into a field. Press F9 to update it. While that field is selected, press Alt+F3 and type in the name Filename and Path. Word should ask you whether you want to replace the existing AutoText entry of that name; answer yes. If you're asked to save Normal.dot when you exit from Word, answer yes again. All of this will affect only the user profile in which you do it, since each profile has its own copy of Normal.dot. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org robin wrote: I have Office 2003. I am trying to access the header and footer feature in Word but when I choose View\header and footer\insert auto text\filename and path i get this message: filename\p but it does not give me the actual name and path of the file. I toggled the Alt F9 but it does not change the coding in the header. I even went to Tools\options\view tab and checked and uncheck the box that says "field codes" but nothing change. I hightled the code in the header box and toggled the field codes on and off and the coding in the header never changed. Is there something that I am missing? It has something to do with the profile b\c when I log on to the same computer but with a different profile the toggle of 'field code' works but it is only with the other profile that we have the problem. Is there a registry setting that I can check either under his profile or somewhere else? Can you help me? Thanks for your help |
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Jay,
I did exactly what you told me and it worked for the most part. But the problem I am running into now is it creates the filename but not the path of the file. In other words when I select Filename and path and hit ctrl and F9 it turns the code into the actual name (which is normal.dot) and I save the changes but when I use that feature again it only displayes the filename not the path. What am I missing? Then too, I also noticed that all of those options under header and footer\insert... does not work. I guess I would have to do that to all of them but it is not working for filename and path yet. Please help! "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi Robin, It sounds like the AutoText entry for Filename and Path (which normally is a field containing the field code filename \p) has been replaced with plain text. That's stored in the Normal.dot template, not in the registry. Select the text filename \p and then press Ctrl+F9 to turn it into a field. Press F9 to update it. While that field is selected, press Alt+F3 and type in the name Filename and Path. Word should ask you whether you want to replace the existing AutoText entry of that name; answer yes. If you're asked to save Normal.dot when you exit from Word, answer yes again. All of this will affect only the user profile in which you do it, since each profile has its own copy of Normal.dot. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org robin wrote: I have Office 2003. I am trying to access the header and footer feature in Word but when I choose View\header and footer\insert auto text\filename and path i get this message: filename\p but it does not give me the actual name and path of the file. I toggled the Alt F9 but it does not change the coding in the header. I even went to Tools\options\view tab and checked and uncheck the box that says "field codes" but nothing change. I hightled the code in the header box and toggled the field codes on and off and the coding in the header never changed. Is there something that I am missing? It has something to do with the profile b\c when I log on to the same computer but with a different profile the toggle of 'field code' works but it is only with the other profile that we have the problem. Is there a registry setting that I can check either under his profile or somewhere else? Can you help me? Thanks for your help |
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Hi Robin,
1: Press Alt+F9 to display the field code and look at it. It should look like { filename \p } It should NOT look like either of these: { filename } { filename and path } 2: If the field is in a template, and you create a new document from the template, all the field will show is something like "Document1". Until you save the document, it doesn't have a path; this is normal behavior. After you save the document, you have to update the field -- either select it and press F9, or go to Print Preview and back (assuming the "Update fields" box is checked in Tools Options Print). 3: It's an official Bad Idea to put anything in the header or footer of the normal.dot template. That template is used for other things such as labels, where you don't want anything in the header/footer because it will interfere with the proper spacing. Instead, use the File New dialog to make a new template, and put the field in there. 4 and most important: Probably the reason none of the AutoTexts on the header/footer toolbar work is either (a) you replaced your normal.dot with some other document or template that didn't contain any AutoText, or (b) your normal.dot is damaged. Instead of spending a lot of time rebuilding the AutoText, go to http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm and use the steps under "Creating a new Normal.dot from scratch". That will bring them all back at once. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org robin wrote: Jay, I did exactly what you told me and it worked for the most part. But the problem I am running into now is it creates the filename but not the path of the file. In other words when I select Filename and path and hit ctrl and F9 it turns the code into the actual name (which is normal.dot) and I save the changes but when I use that feature again it only displayes the filename not the path. What am I missing? Then too, I also noticed that all of those options under header and footer\insert... does not work. I guess I would have to do that to all of them but it is not working for filename and path yet. Please help! "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi Robin, It sounds like the AutoText entry for Filename and Path (which normally is a field containing the field code filename \p) has been replaced with plain text. That's stored in the Normal.dot template, not in the registry. Select the text filename \p and then press Ctrl+F9 to turn it into a field. Press F9 to update it. While that field is selected, press Alt+F3 and type in the name Filename and Path. Word should ask you whether you want to replace the existing AutoText entry of that name; answer yes. If you're asked to save Normal.dot when you exit from Word, answer yes again. All of this will affect only the user profile in which you do it, since each profile has its own copy of Normal.dot. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org robin wrote: I have Office 2003. I am trying to access the header and footer feature in Word but when I choose View\header and footer\insert auto text\filename and path i get this message: filename\p but it does not give me the actual name and path of the file. I toggled the Alt F9 but it does not change the coding in the header. I even went to Tools\options\view tab and checked and uncheck the box that says "field codes" but nothing change. I hightled the code in the header box and toggled the field codes on and off and the coding in the header never changed. Is there something that I am missing? It has something to do with the profile b\c when I log on to the same computer but with a different profile the toggle of 'field code' works but it is only with the other profile that we have the problem. Is there a registry setting that I can check either under his profile or somewhere else? Can you help me? Thanks for your help |
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WORK LIKE A CHARM!!!!! Thanks! You're the GREATEST!!!
"Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi Robin, 1: Press Alt+F9 to display the field code and look at it. It should look like { filename \p } It should NOT look like either of these: { filename } { filename and path } 2: If the field is in a template, and you create a new document from the template, all the field will show is something like "Document1". Until you save the document, it doesn't have a path; this is normal behavior. After you save the document, you have to update the field -- either select it and press F9, or go to Print Preview and back (assuming the "Update fields" box is checked in Tools Options Print). 3: It's an official Bad Idea to put anything in the header or footer of the normal.dot template. That template is used for other things such as labels, where you don't want anything in the header/footer because it will interfere with the proper spacing. Instead, use the File New dialog to make a new template, and put the field in there. 4 and most important: Probably the reason none of the AutoTexts on the header/footer toolbar work is either (a) you replaced your normal.dot with some other document or template that didn't contain any AutoText, or (b) your normal.dot is damaged. Instead of spending a lot of time rebuilding the AutoText, go to http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm and use the steps under "Creating a new Normal.dot from scratch". That will bring them all back at once. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org robin wrote: Jay, I did exactly what you told me and it worked for the most part. But the problem I am running into now is it creates the filename but not the path of the file. In other words when I select Filename and path and hit ctrl and F9 it turns the code into the actual name (which is normal.dot) and I save the changes but when I use that feature again it only displayes the filename not the path. What am I missing? Then too, I also noticed that all of those options under header and footer\insert... does not work. I guess I would have to do that to all of them but it is not working for filename and path yet. Please help! "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi Robin, It sounds like the AutoText entry for Filename and Path (which normally is a field containing the field code filename \p) has been replaced with plain text. That's stored in the Normal.dot template, not in the registry. Select the text filename \p and then press Ctrl+F9 to turn it into a field. Press F9 to update it. While that field is selected, press Alt+F3 and type in the name Filename and Path. Word should ask you whether you want to replace the existing AutoText entry of that name; answer yes. If you're asked to save Normal.dot when you exit from Word, answer yes again. All of this will affect only the user profile in which you do it, since each profile has its own copy of Normal.dot. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org robin wrote: I have Office 2003. I am trying to access the header and footer feature in Word but when I choose View\header and footer\insert auto text\filename and path i get this message: filename\p but it does not give me the actual name and path of the file. I toggled the Alt F9 but it does not change the coding in the header. I even went to Tools\options\view tab and checked and uncheck the box that says "field codes" but nothing change. I hightled the code in the header box and toggled the field codes on and off and the coding in the header never changed. Is there something that I am missing? It has something to do with the profile b\c when I log on to the same computer but with a different profile the toggle of 'field code' works but it is only with the other profile that we have the problem. Is there a registry setting that I can check either under his profile or somewhere else? Can you help me? Thanks for your help |
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