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Is this possible...?
I think I am going to have to settle for just a field for my initials - at
least then that will be updated if anyone does a Save As. I can't work out any way of including JobNo./INITIALS(DICTATED BY)/myinitials(typist) without protecting it for Forms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Protecting any portion of a document for forms, however, will make many Word features unavailable in the entire document. -- 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. "ab" wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply. I have been experimenting: I have found that if I base a new document on my template, the initials don't update on other users' computers because I had protected the first section (which includes Ref and Date) for "Forms". What I was trying to get at the top of the letter was the reference, e.g: JobNo./INITIALS(DICTATED BY)/myinitials(typist) If I just use a field for my initials, it works fine - i.e. without formatting for forms. Will keep trying! "jujuwillis" wrote in message ... Completely understand your situation - and of course "it wasn't them" either. I am assuming others are picking up the documents from the server. Does each user have their own details filled in in user information? Tools, Options, User Information? If they are the user will likely to be set to "their name". If that is the case, when you open a saved document, File, New and have your view set to properties view, then it shows you , Title, Author, keywords, comments, template and ....... Saved By. It also shows other things like when the document was created and any other custom properties up might have set in your document. So, even if no one else has their "User Information" set, at least if you do, if someone changes your document or "Save's As" the document properties will reflect this. Also, if you fill in the "initials" part as well then you can insert your inititals as a field in your document/template Insert, Field, User information and if someone else saves - their initials. Hope it helps. |