Don't type the braces {}. These need to be inserted using Ctrl-F9. There is
an AutoText entry that inserts this field. Other method - Insert Field.
Take a look at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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ENVIROMNT: WinXP, Word 2003 ;
. GOAL: to have flnme print;
. APPRCH: entered { FILENAME \p } in docu;
. PROB: printed exactly that.

What's my mistake?