Can anyone explain what is going on here?

I have a document which I open and then immediately close and word then
asks if I want to save my changes.

I am using word 2002 (10.6866.6867) SP3 running on windows XP.
I have narrowed it down to a single line with these characters "West
Meon, 1HW." ended by new paragraph are enough to cause this. If I then
remove either the first or last character and {file > save as} with a
different name the resulting document can be opened and closed without
word thinking I have changed it.

This happens with both "Arial" and "Courier New" as the font and with
font sizes 10 and 12.
--
Ellis Morgan

See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document Even
Though You Have Made No Changes" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ellis Morgan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:rErQS$CLJs6MFw+(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone explain what is going on here?
>
> I have a document which I open and then immediately close and word then
> asks if I want to save my changes.
>
> I am using word 2002 (10.6866.6867) SP3 running on windows XP.
> I have narrowed it down to a single line with these characters "West Meon,
> 1HW." ended by new paragraph are enough to cause this. If I then remove
> either the first or last character and {file > save as} with a different
> name the resulting document can be opened and closed without word thinking
> I have changed it.
>
> This happens with both "Arial" and "Courier New" as the font and with font
> sizes 10 and 12.
> --
> Ellis Morgan
>

In article <icesqe$gh$(E-Mail Removed)>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document
>Even Though You Have Made No Changes" at
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473
>
Many thanks, that did the trick. I wish a had been able to find it for
myself but even knowing what I was looking for I was unable to get this
article anywhere near the top of the results when searching in Microsoft
support.
--
Ellis Morgan

Were you searching within MS (using Bing) or with Google? The latter is
usually superior. As it happens, this is a frequently asked question, and
the link is in my list of frequently referenced KB articles.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ellis Morgan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <icesqe$gh$(E-Mail Removed)>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document
>>Even Though You Have Made No Changes" at
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473
>>
> Many thanks, that did the trick. I wish a had been able to find it for
> myself but even knowing what I was looking for I was unable to get this
> article anywhere near the top of the results when searching in Microsoft
> support.
> --
> Ellis Morgan

In article <icgi7a$atr$(E-Mail Removed)>, Suzanne S.
Barnhill <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Were you searching within MS (using Bing) or with Google? The latter is
>usually superior. As it happens, this is a frequently asked question,
>and the link is in my list of frequently referenced KB articles.
>
>--
>Suzanne S. Barnhill
>Microsoft MVP (Word)
>Words into Type
>Fairhope, Alabama USA
>http://word.mvps.org
>
>"Ellis Morgan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In article <icesqe$gh$(E-Mail Removed)>, Suzanne S. Barnhill > <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>>See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document >>Even Though You Have Made No Changes" at >>http://sup
>port.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473
>>>
>> Many thanks, that did the trick. I wish a had been able to find it for > myself but even knowing what I was looking for I was unable to get this >
>article anywhere near the top of the results when searching in Microsoft > support.
>> -- > Ellis Morgan
>
Thanks again. I was doing it inside MS support, googling is better. I
tried "ms word 2002 unchanged save prompt" which got me there in the
end but nor very directly. The only selection I found that went straight
there included your name!
--
Ellis Morgan

Yes, I've probably posted that link a hundred times.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ellis Morgan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <icgi7a$atr$(E-Mail Removed)>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>Were you searching within MS (using Bing) or with Google? The latter is
>>usually superior. As it happens, this is a frequently asked question, and
>>the link is in my list of frequently referenced KB articles.
>>
>>--
>>Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>Words into Type
>>Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>http://word.mvps.org
>>
>>"Ellis Morgan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> In article <icesqe$gh$(E-Mail Removed)>, Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>> > <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>>>See "WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document
>>>> >>Even Though You Have Made No Changes" at >>http://sup
>>port.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473
>>>>
>>> Many thanks, that did the trick. I wish a had been able to find it for >
>>> myself but even knowing what I was looking for I was unable to get this
>>> >
>>article anywhere near the top of the results when searching in Microsoft >
>>support.
>>> -- > Ellis Morgan
>>
> Thanks again. I was doing it inside MS support, googling is better. I
> tried "ms word 2002 unchanged save prompt" which got me there in the end
> but nor very directly. The only selection I found that went straight there
> included your name!
> --
> Ellis Morgan
>