"Do you want to save..." When No Changes Were Made

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Modem Ani

Using Word 2002. When I open a document and do nothing more than scroll
through it, or click my mouse anywhere inside the document, upon closing the
document Word asks "Do you want to save the changes to <name of document>?"
even though absolutely no changes were made. This doesn't happen with all
documents, only some. How do I stop this?

Modem Ani
 
This indicates that something is marking the document as 'dirty'. This is
usually a macro, a third party add-in or a field (such as a date field)
updating on opening.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: Using Word 2002. When I open a document and do nothing more than scroll
: through it, or click my mouse anywhere inside the document, upon closing
the
: document Word asks "Do you want to save the changes to <name of
document>?"
: even though absolutely no changes were made. This doesn't happen with all
: documents, only some. How do I stop this?
:
: Modem Ani
:
:
:
 
Thanks for the info. I'll look for macros and fields, although I don't
recall creating or running any macros while working in the document. No
third-party add-ins that I'm aware of. The only field I'm aware of using is
page numbering. That doesn't get updated just by scrolling through the
document or clicking in the document...or does it?

Modem Ani
 
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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That did the trick! Thanks very much.

Modem Ani

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
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.
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