Template Problem re Footer, Word 2000

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CWLee

I'd like to modify my normal.dot template so that any
documents prepared from it will show, in the footer, the
filename but not the path. I've tried various combinations
of:

Document: { FILENAME }
Document:{ FILENAME }
Document: {FILENAME}
etc.

and none of them work to show the filename I assign to a new
document based on the normal.dot template. What shows up on
the document is whatever I have shown above as one of the
combinations.

Insight appreciated.

Thanks.

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How did you insert the field delimiters, { }? Note that you must add them by
pressing Ctrl+F9; otherwise the code won't work. If you did insert the field
correctly and you are still seeing the field codes, press Alt+F9 to hide
them.
 
Stefan Blom said:
How did you insert the field delimiters, { }? Note that
you must add them by
pressing Ctrl+F9; otherwise the code won't work. If you
did insert the field
correctly and you are still seeing the field codes, press
Alt+F9 to hide
them.
Click to expand...

That solved the problem! I would never, in a million years,
found that solution on my own. This is another case where
the Help menus are not very helpful.

Thanks again.
 
Note, however, that adding anything to the header OR footer in Normal.dot is
not recommended. For one thing, it will mess up labels.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Note, however, that adding anything to the header OR
footer in Normal.dot is not recommended. For one thing, it
will mess up labels.
Click to expand...

I assume you mean printing of labels. Not a problem for me
since I never print labels.

If I leave the normal.dot template as it came from
Microsoft, is there a way for me to change the default
template that is used to open "document1" (etc.) when I
click on new in Word? I use that a lot, and I'd like to
avoid the problem, each time, of changing the fonts in the
body, the header, and the footer.

Thanks.
 
I'm glad you found it helpful. There are plenty more of that ilk at that Web
site!

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