Microsoft KB Archive/875514

= The Filename field in a header or a footer is not updated when you use the “Save As” command to save a document in Word 2003 =

Article ID: 875514

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry





SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. In Microsoft Office Word 2003, you insert a Filename field into a header or a footer in a document. Then, you save the document by using the Save As command to give the document a new file name. When you do this, the Filename field in the header or the footer is not updated to show the new file name. Additionally, if you select the option to include the path in the Filename field, the path string in the Filename field is not updated when you save the document in a different folder.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Office 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

After you install the service pack, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;How to enable the hotfix&quot; section of the article to set the  registry key and to activate the hotfix.

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package that is dated November 10, 2005. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

898777 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005

How to enable the hotfix
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To implement this hotfix, follow these steps:  Quit Word 2003. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click to select the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options

 After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value. Type UpdateHeaderFooter, and then press ENTER. Right-click UpdateHeaderFooter, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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WORKAROUND
For information about how to work around this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

832897 The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbregistry kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbhotfixserver kboffice2003presp3fix kboffice2003sp3fix KB875514

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