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Asking to save changes when I have made no changes
I have Windows XP, Word 2002.
If I pull up a document, just to look at it, not scroll down, just look, when I ask it to close, Word asks me if I want to save changes, when I have made no changes. I notice this happens on recent documents, rather than older ones. Why does Word do this and how do I get it to stop. Thanks, Jeanne |
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Several possibilities, most common being that the document contains a DATE
field, which updates to the current date when you open the document. So opening the document DOES change it. And Word is asking, not unreasonably, whether you want to save that change. Stop using DATE fields if you don't want this (CREATEDATE is usually what is intended, in any case.) "Jeanne" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP, Word 2002. If I pull up a document, just to look at it, not scroll down, just look, when I ask it to close, Word asks me if I want to save changes, when I have made no changes. I notice this happens on recent documents, rather than older ones. Why does Word do this and how do I get it to stop. Thanks, Jeanne |
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I do not use date fields, plus it is the same date. It is just a plain
document with a patients name at the top. "Jezebel" wrote: Several possibilities, most common being that the document contains a DATE field, which updates to the current date when you open the document. So opening the document DOES change it. And Word is asking, not unreasonably, whether you want to save that change. Stop using DATE fields if you don't want this (CREATEDATE is usually what is intended, in any case.) "Jeanne" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP, Word 2002. If I pull up a document, just to look at it, not scroll down, just look, when I ask it to close, Word asks me if I want to save changes, when I have made no changes. I notice this happens on recent documents, rather than older ones. Why does Word do this and how do I get it to stop. Thanks, Jeanne |
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In that case, check for macros doing things behind the scene. There's no
magic involved: if you're getting that message, *something* is making a change to the document. Apart from autoupdating fields, some possibilities are -- 1. Printing the document: updates the LastPrinted property. 2. A macro that queries the document properties. Even if it makes no change, the act of querying flags the document as Unsaved. 3. A macro that explicitly marks the document as unsaved. "Jeanne" wrote in message ... I do not use date fields, plus it is the same date. It is just a plain document with a patients name at the top. "Jezebel" wrote: Several possibilities, most common being that the document contains a DATE field, which updates to the current date when you open the document. So opening the document DOES change it. And Word is asking, not unreasonably, whether you want to save that change. Stop using DATE fields if you don't want this (CREATEDATE is usually what is intended, in any case.) "Jeanne" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP, Word 2002. If I pull up a document, just to look at it, not scroll down, just look, when I ask it to close, Word asks me if I want to save changes, when I have made no changes. I notice this happens on recent documents, rather than older ones. Why does Word do this and how do I get it to stop. Thanks, Jeanne |
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See €śWD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document Even
Though You Have Made No Changes€ť http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473 -- 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. "Jeanne" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP, Word 2002. If I pull up a document, just to look at it, not scroll down, just look, when I ask it to close, Word asks me if I want to save changes, when I have made no changes. I notice this happens on recent documents, rather than older ones. Why does Word do this and how do I get it to stop. Thanks, Jeanne |
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Thanks Suzanne, I did as instructed and will see what happens.
Jeanne "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See €śWD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document Even Though You Have Made No Changes€ť http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473 -- 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. "Jeanne" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP, Word 2002. If I pull up a document, just to look at it, not scroll down, just look, when I ask it to close, Word asks me if I want to save changes, when I have made no changes. I notice this happens on recent documents, rather than older ones. Why does Word do this and how do I get it to stop. Thanks, Jeanne |
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