Do you want to save changes to .....

[Jeff]

After I open a Word document sent to me as an email attachment, when I
close it Word asks me "Do you want to save changes to {name of
document]" even though I've made no changes to the document and I
op0ened the document in the same version of Word.

Why does it do that? What changes?

Thanks.

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

After I open a Word document sent to me as an email attachment, when I
close it Word asks me "Do you want to save changes to {name of
document]" even though I've made no changes to the document and I
op0ened the document in the same version of Word.

Why does it do that? What changes?

If the document has any fields, like date or time, that are set to
update, they can get updated, which changes the document.

I always just say no.

I also say no but wondered. Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[Dave Symes]

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

Thanks for that tip, I've been wanting to sort that for years.

Thanks
Dave