Why am I asked to save changes to Word doc I viewed but did not ch

[Richard C A M]

I open the document, make no changes and try to close it; I am prompted to
save changes. This is annoying and causes me problems synchronising versions
of files e.g. in briefcase. I recently installed a newer version of Word
(2003) but this does not happen only once the first time it is opened by the
newer version, but repeatedly with oft-changed documents.

 

[Jezebel]

The most common reasons are --

1. a DATE field in the document: this updates to the current date/time
whenever the document is opened. In most cases you actually want a
CREATEDATE field anyway.

2. Printing the document: this updates the 'date last printed' property.

3. A macro that queries the DocumentProperties collection. Merely reading a
document property by macro makes Word think that the document has changed.
(These is easy to remedy within the same macro code.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See “WD2002: You Are Prompted to Save Changes When You Close a Document Even
Though You Have Made No Changesâ€
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816473