Any easy way to have UNC path show in Header for 2003 and/or 2007?

[Bobg]

Hello,

As part of our Quality Management System, we require that all documents have
file name and path in the footer. The default that shows is the mapped drive,
but we really need to see the UNC path to properly locate a document if need
be. Is there a way to have UNC path show in the footer? I have done a bit of
searching on other sites and have seen some complex programming
implementations but I am hoping there is a simpler solution

I apologize if this question has been asked before. It seems like it would
have been, but I was not able to find it by searching in the discussion
groups...

Thank you.

Bob

 

[Peter Jamieson]

The registry setting described in

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322955

still seems to function in (say) Word 2007 if modified so that it is
specified for the appropriate version of Word. If for example you insert
the document's pathname using a { FILENAME \p } field you should see
either the mapped drive name or UNC path name depending on the value of
the setting (you may need to close/restart Word and you will need to
update the field to see the difference after a registry change.

So if you have control over your users' registries that could be an
option. However,
a. It's as well to be wary of articles that only mention older
versions of Word, even if the setting appears to work with later versions.
b. I don't know what other aspects of Word behaviour this setting
controls - e.g. perhaps it affects OLE links in unhelpful ways, etc. etc.
c. given (a) and (b), perhaps it would be better to rely on using a
bit of VBA to insert the UNC pathname regardless of a user's registry
settings. (Can't help there off the top of my head).

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk