I'm glad the alternate method works for you, Tom. :-)
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"Tom Edwards" wrote in message
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Thanks Beth, that's perfect!
"Beth Melton" wrote:
Not really. By adding the footer you are modifying the new documents. The
fields you added are automatically updating to the Author and Page Number
which are triggering the prompt to Save.
Now, instead of modifying your Normal.dotm and including these fields,
another option would be to create a Building Block for this purpose and
insert it when needed. If you add it to the Footer gallery then all you
need
to do is select the Building Block. Word will automatically find the
Footer
for you, insert the data, and leave the Footer open for editing. Since
you
are using Publish Date you may want to use this method anyway. Otherwise,
how will the Publish Date field be updated without a manual edit?
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"Tom Edwards" wrote in message
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I've changed normal.dotm in Word 2007 to add three fields to the
footer:
Author, page number (from the page number gallery) and Publish Date.
Word
now
prompts me to save every new document I create, even if it's entirely
blank
save for these three items. Is there anything I can do about this?