DON'T ask if I want to save when closing a document

G

Guest

Word asks me if I want to save a document every time I close it, even though
I DIDN'T make any changes to the document. This is very annoying. How do I
get Word to stop asking me to save when the document hasn't changed?
 
G

Guest

Do you have a date field in the header or footer (or anywhere) that
dynamically changes when you open the document? If you do, Word considers it
a change, which is why you are getting the Save message.
 
G

Guest

You need to turn off smart tags. With a word document open to go Tools>
Options> choose the View tab and uncheck the "smart tags" box. It is in the
first section of the "View" tab. Click ok. Then close the document. It may
ask if you want to save changes. Click yes. That will probably be the last
time you will ever have that problem.
 
G

Guest

Thanks!



Bonnie said:
Do you have a date field in the header or footer (or anywhere) that
dynamically changes when you open the document? If you do, Word considers it
a change, which is why you are getting the Save message.
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

Yee ha! Thanks!

jehjeh said:
You need to turn off smart tags. With a word document open to go Tools>
Options> choose the View tab and uncheck the "smart tags" box. It is in the
first section of the "View" tab. Click ok. Then close the document. It may
ask if you want to save changes. Click yes. That will probably be the last
time you will ever have that problem.
Click to expand...
 
R

Ron

: Sorry to revive an old thread, but I am having this problem
even though I unchecked the Smart Tags box.

If I open the document and don't do anything it will close, but if I just
scroll or down arrow once, or even just left-click anywhere on the document,
it will ask if I want to save. This doesn't happen to all my word documents
and I have been unable to establish a trend or determine which documents are
affected.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

If you do anything that would cause the document to be repaginated, then
fields in the header will be updated. This may or may not be reflected as an
"Update Fields" item in the Undo list.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 

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