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Path/Filename does not update in Word 2002
A user observed that in Word 2000, if you put the Insert AutoText code for
"Filename and Path" into a header or footer, if the document was subsequently renamed or moved, the filename and path would be automatically updated when it was saved. This does not happen in Word 2002. It appears that the Filename & Path is a static code rather than a dynamic code and does not change. That is, I duplicate that user's results. I have SP-1 and the user has SP-3. Is there a workaround or some other way to get the Filename and Path into documents so that information updates? TIA... |
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This is by design. See MSKB article
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;832897 "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... A user observed that in Word 2000, if you put the Insert AutoText code for "Filename and Path" into a header or footer, if the document was subsequently renamed or moved, the filename and path would be automatically updated when it was saved. This does not happen in Word 2002. It appears that the Filename & Path is a static code rather than a dynamic code and does not change. That is, I duplicate that user's results. I have SP-1 and the user has SP-3. Is there a workaround or some other way to get the Filename and Path into documents so that information updates? TIA... |
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Thanks for the link, Rick. Yes, that answers the question very well.
"Rick" wrote in message ... This is by design. See MSKB article http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;832897 "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... A user observed that in Word 2000, if you put the Insert AutoText code for "Filename and Path" into a header or footer, if the document was subsequently renamed or moved, the filename and path would be automatically updated when it was saved. This does not happen in Word 2002. It appears that the Filename & Path is a static code rather than a dynamic code and does not change. That is, I duplicate that user's results. I have SP-1 and the user has SP-3. Is there a workaround or some other way to get the Filename and Path into documents so that information updates? TIA... |
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See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm.
-- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... A user observed that in Word 2000, if you put the Insert AutoText code for "Filename and Path" into a header or footer, if the document was subsequently renamed or moved, the filename and path would be automatically updated when it was saved. This does not happen in Word 2002. It appears that the Filename & Path is a static code rather than a dynamic code and does not change. That is, I duplicate that user's results. I have SP-1 and the user has SP-3. Is there a workaround or some other way to get the Filename and Path into documents so that information updates? TIA... |
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