bookmark updates when i print preview with tracked changes

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Hi- i have Word 2003. i have some field codes set up in a document and some
bookmarks that reference those field codes throughout the doc. when track
changes is on, if i do a print preview, it tracks a change to some (but not
all) of the bookmarks throughout the entire document.

For example, i have a fillin field code asking for a customer name. any
bookmark that references that field code shows a tracked deleteion and new
insertion, but with the same info, i.e. "Customer" (insertion in blue text)
and "Customer" (with strikethrough and red text denoting deletion). I didn't
make any changes related to that field code, and yet it still makes a tracked
change after a print preview. Moreover, if i accept the changes and do
another print preview, they tracked mods come back again. Needless to say,
it gets very frustrating and also makes for an unnecessarily messy document.

Has anyone seen this issue before? any idea how i can keep it from happening?

Thanks in advance for any assistance anyone can lend!

Rich

 

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In Tools --> Options --> Print, uncheck "Update fields". When you Print or
Print Preview, Word is "deleting" your field results and "inserting" new
field results, which may be the same, but with tracking on, that is what will
show. The other option of course is to turn off tracking before updating
fields. I think fields will still update automatically when saving,
otherwise you have to remember to press F9 before printing. I don't know of
an an option like "do not track field changes."
I have found that with "Update fields" and "Update bookmarks" on, print
preview and print deletes all bookmarks and all page references and TOC
results show as "Bookmark not defined". No idea why.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the post, sjnet, unfortunately, "update fields" is already
unchecked. i just upgraded to office 2003 on Monday, and this didn't use to
happen (at least for me, i did notice it when others sent me word docs that
they modified), so not sure what's goin on...i'll keep plugging away and try
to figure it out, though if you have any other ideas, don't hesitate to
suggest them (likewise with anyone else who has any ideas).

Thanks again!