Irritating "Save" prompt when nothing has changed

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm using Word 2002 at work with WinXP and Word 2000 at home with Win2KPro. Word 2002 has a very irritating feature which I haven't so far been able to get rid of via the usual help searches.

When I close a Word document, it always asks if I want to save my changes, even when I haven't made any. Word 2000 doesn't do this. Word 2002 also opens a blank document every time, as well as the document I want.

How can I stop Word from asking me if I want to save non-existent changes every time I close it?

Thanks in advance,
Frank

 

[Greg Maxey]

Frank,

WRT the save changes prompt, this could be caused by
Tools>Options>Save>Embed SmartTags being checked in the offendeing
docuements.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. This solution does seem to fix it, however--is there any way to have "Embed Smart Tags" unchecked as the default? Otherwise you have to do this on every offending document.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Iceman,

My experiece was this was only a problem when opening files on my desktop
(Office2002) that had been created on my laptop (Office2000). I suppose if
it is unchecked in the template then new files created would be unchecked.
You can run this macro to turn it off on all files in a directory:

Public Sub BatchToggleEmbedSmartTabs()

'Sets embeded SmartTag off in all files in a directory
Dim myFile As String
Dim PathToUse As String
Dim myDoc As Document
'Close any documents that may be open
If Documents.Count > 0 Then
Documents.Close SaveChanges:=wdPromptToSaveChanges
End If
'Get the folder containing the files
With Dialogs(wdDialogCopyFile)
If .Display <> 0 Then
PathToUse = .Directory
Else
MsgBox "Cancelled by User"
Exit Sub
End If
End With

If Left(PathToUse, 1) = Chr(34) Then
PathToUse = Mid(PathToUse, 2, Len(PathToUse) - 2)
End If

myFile = Dir$(PathToUse & "*.*")

While myFile <> ""
'Open each file and toggle SmartTags
Set myDoc = Documents.Open(PathToUse & myFile)
With ActiveDocument
.EmbedSmartTags = False
End With
'Close the file, saving the changes.
myDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges
myFile = Dir$()
Wend

End Sub

 

[Guest]

Hi Greg,

Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated. I'll give the macro a try.

Regards,
Frank

 

[Guest]

Iceman,

My experiece was this was only a problem when opening files on my desktop
(Office2002) that had been created on my laptop (Office2000). I suppose if
it is unchecked in the template then new files created would be unchecked.
You can run this macro to turn it off on all files in a directory:

Public Sub BatchToggleEmbedSmartTabs()

'Sets embeded SmartTag off in all files in a directory
Dim myFile As String
Dim PathToUse As String
Dim myDoc As Document
'Close any documents that may be open
If Documents.Count > 0 Then
Documents.Close SaveChanges:=wdPromptToSaveChanges
End If
'Get the folder containing the files
With Dialogs(wdDialogCopyFile)
If .Display <> 0 Then
PathToUse = .Directory
Else
MsgBox "Cancelled by User"
Exit Sub
End If
End With

If Left(PathToUse, 1) = Chr(34) Then
PathToUse = Mid(PathToUse, 2, Len(PathToUse) - 2)
End If

myFile = Dir$(PathToUse & "*.*")

While myFile <> ""
'Open each file and toggle SmartTags
Set myDoc = Documents.Open(PathToUse & myFile)
With ActiveDocument
.EmbedSmartTags = False
End With
'Close the file, saving the changes.
myDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges
myFile = Dir$()
Wend

End Sub


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Greg Maxey
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Rockledge, FL
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[Guest]

Thanks all for this info! It seems as though anything related
to the Smart Tags subject creates significant irritation! It's
as though you're transported to the least common denominator
user level and are assumed to be completely stupid and need
all the irritating prompts and icons that really do nothing more
than get in the way!

So much for "progress".

Thanks again.

jl

 

[Guest]

This is due to a damage in the Normal.doc. Search for the Normal.doc
template in word (you may need to go to control panel/folder options/view and
select show hidden files and folders). Open the Normal.doc and hit save.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Opening and saving Normal.dot (not Normal.doc) will have no effect at all
unless something has changed in it. In any case, the problem described is
*not* due to a damaged Normal.dot. The correct answer (as previously posted
is in “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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This is due to a damage in the Normal.doc. Search for the Normal.doc
template in word (you may need to go to control panel/folder options/view and
select show hidden files and folders). Open the Normal.doc and hit save.

Win2KPro. Word 2002 has a very irritating feature which I haven't so far
been able to get rid of via the usual help searches.changes, even when I haven't made any. Word 2000 doesn't do this. Word
2002 also opens a blank document every time, as well as the document I want.