Saving

[Guest]

Recently and for seemingly no reason, Word (XP/2002) has started to prompt me
each and everytime I go to close a document if I want to save changes.

This occurs everytime even if I simply open the document and close it
without altering it in any way.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

If it isn't because you've added automatically updating fields or recently
upgraded office, this problems can be caused by a faulty template. If they
are all documents based on the new blank document, that file is called
normal.dot. Find that file and delete it. Word will build a new one next
time you run it. You may have to replace existing docs to get them to stop
asking.

 

[CyberTaz]

Is it possible that the docs include fields that are actually being updated
without you even realizing it- or that they are based on templates that
include such fields?

 

[Guest]

Update:

If I create a brand new document there is no problem and no prompts.

If I delete nomal.dot, and then open a document, I can close it the first
time with no prompt, but if I try again, the prompt to save changes comes up.

As far as I know, there are not automatically updating fields in the
documents--they could not be simpler.

Another bit of info: This new laptop came with Office 2003 preinstalled
with a 60 day trial period. I installed Office XP/2000 (full licensed
version I had) over this. Not sure if this was significant. There are two
separate folders that contain normal.dot (I tried deleting both)--The are
located in C-Doc and Settings-User Name-Application Data-Microsoft-Templates.
There are actually two "User Name" folders each of which is a slight
variation on my name. If navigate to the the Template folder for each, there
is a normal.dot file there. Again, I deleted both of the normal.dot files,
but it only partially and temporarily corrected the issue.

Finally, if I rename a file, it will sometimes prompt for saving changes but
not always.

Clearly this problem is related to the normal.dot file as you point out--I
just need to know how to fix it.

Again, many thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are being prompted to save Normal.dot, see “Word prompts me to save
changes to the Normal.dot template†at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.aspx

If you are being prompted to save the document, 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

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[Guest]

BINGO!

That did it!

MANY THANKS Suzanne!

If you are being prompted to save Normal.dot, see “Word prompts me to save
changes to the Normal.dot template†at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.aspx

If you are being prompted to save the document, 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

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all may benefit.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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