Macro for recording who read document

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Jeremy Pullicino

Hello,

I would like to audit the number of times a document is opened, and if
possible the name of the user who has opened the document.

The document i am talking about resides on a network share, so many users
can open it simultaneously.

Is there any way of doing this?

I know how to develop macros, however I am new to macros for ms word.

Jeremy.
 
You can do this by placing an AutoOpen macro in the document
(runs when the file is opened), but (1) it won't work if a
user who opens the document has Macro security set to High,
or has it set to Medium and doesn't Enable Macros at the
security prompt; and (2) even if a user's macro settings
are amenable, it's quite easily defeated. So the 'clean'
answer is: No.
 
Jeremy

This information is hidden in every document: in fact you have to be a dam
good Word user for this information not to be embedded in the file format.
Ask the Prime Minister about how embarrassing that was for him!
 
Thanks for letting me know this, however you have not given me any pointers
of how to get this information using a macro.

Jeremy.
 
If you want a macro, you'd do better to post in one of the word.vba NGs.

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Jeremy

I only know how to do this manually. Please post this to one of the Word VBA
where there are several macro gurus who may be able to help automate this.
 
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