Autotext insert into footers no longer works in Word 2003

[Guest]

I have previously inserted the file name & path in Word 2003 documents but it
no longer works. When inserting it comes up with " FILENAME \p " I tried to
detect & repair but that has not helped. The next step is to completely
reinstall Word 2003 but I would only do that as a last resort as I don't like
MS policy on activation codes even though I have legitimate MS Office
software.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Reinstalling will not help. You have most likely saved a document as
Normal.dot. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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[Guest]

Thanks for the response, this is the first time I have resorted to a
discussion group. I have tried inserting it into several other documents that
already had that field and also including new Word documents with all being
..doc. I even tried it in Excel and it works fine but not in Word. PS I liked
your article on Normal.dot

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The point of the article is you probably need to regenerate your normal.dot.
It is the default container for AutoText including all the things that
normally go into a header or footer.
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[Graham Mayor]

Unless I have completely misread what you are saying - it appears that you
have the field view toggled. If you are seeing {Filename \p} press ALT+F9

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, I missed that detail, having just answered another similar question
about AutoText entries being missing entirely.

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