Word Fields

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Why would some fields in a Word 2003 document automatically update and others
won't?

For example, the filename filed updates as it should, but in order to have
the lastsavedby and savedate fields update, I have to go into the fields
(that are in a footer) and F9 to get them to update.

Shouldn't they all auto update?

Thanks.
 
No, that don't. An easy to get them to is to Preview the printing of the
document and then close the Print Preview.

It can be done with a macro

With ActiveDocument
.PrintPreview
.ClosePrintPreview
End With

That runs so quickly that you would hardly notice it.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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