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Cannot Update MS Word Fields
MS Word 2003 on XP
I can usually find my way around with MS Word, but this is stumping me: I have created a document for someone in my company. The doc contains numerous fields, e.g., Title, TOC, Date & Time etc. I can update the fields in my copy of the doc by hitting F9 or by right clicking the field and selecting Update Field When I send thedoc to the user he CANNOT update the fields. He sends it back to me, and once again I am able to update fields The user is able to create fields in the same doc, but even those are not updatable by him I've tried Ctrl-Shift-F11 to unlock without success. Does anyone have any ideas please? TIA Phil |
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Cannot Update MS Word Fields
If the fields were locked, they would (obviously) be locked even when you open the file. Ask your colleague to try repairing his Office installation.
Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "PPL" wrote in message ... MS Word 2003 on XP I can usually find my way around with MS Word, but this is stumping me: I have created a document for someone in my company. The doc contains numerous fields, e.g., Title, TOC, Date & Time etc. I can update the fields in my copy of the doc by hitting F9 or by right clicking the field and selecting Update Field When I send thedoc to the user he CANNOT update the fields. He sends it back to me, and once again I am able to update fields The user is able to create fields in the same doc, but even those are not updatable by him I've tried Ctrl-Shift-F11 to unlock without success. Does anyone have any ideas please? TIA Phil |
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Thanks for the reply Stefan
I finally figured out that the cause was a corrupted Normal.dot. I closed Word, deleted Normal.dot. On re-start Word re-created it and fields now work. Thanks again Phil "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... If the fields were locked, they would (obviously) be locked even when you open the file. Ask your colleague to try repairing his Office installation. Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "PPL" wrote in message ... MS Word 2003 on XP I can usually find my way around with MS Word, but this is stumping me: I have created a document for someone in my company. The doc contains numerous fields, e.g., Title, TOC, Date & Time etc. I can update the fields in my copy of the doc by hitting F9 or by right clicking the field and selecting Update Field When I send thedoc to the user he CANNOT update the fields. He sends it back to me, and once again I am able to update fields The user is able to create fields in the same doc, but even those are not updatable by him I've tried Ctrl-Shift-F11 to unlock without success. Does anyone have any ideas please? TIA Phil |
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I'm glad you got it sorted, and thank you for the follow-up.
Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "PPL" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Stefan I finally figured out that the cause was a corrupted Normal.dot. I closed Word, deleted Normal.dot. On re-start Word re-created it and fields now work. Thanks again Phil "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... If the fields were locked, they would (obviously) be locked even when you open the file. Ask your colleague to try repairing his Office installation. Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "PPL" wrote in message ... MS Word 2003 on XP I can usually find my way around with MS Word, but this is stumping me: I have created a document for someone in my company. The doc contains numerous fields, e.g., Title, TOC, Date & Time etc. I can update the fields in my copy of the doc by hitting F9 or by right clicking the field and selecting Update Field When I send thedoc to the user he CANNOT update the fields. He sends it back to me, and once again I am able to update fields The user is able to create fields in the same doc, but even those are not updatable by him I've tried Ctrl-Shift-F11 to unlock without success. Does anyone have any ideas please? TIA Phil |
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