Re: Word 2004 for Mac -- Do you want to save the changes?

Hi Whatever Your name Is:

There's a multitude of things that can cause this. Among the most common
are:

1) A page number field. This will update each time the document paginates,
which it will do each time it opens.

2) Heading or paragraph numbering. This will update each time the document
opens.

3) A Date field. This will update on open.

You are correct that Mac Word 2004 does not have "user enabled" SmartTags.
(It has a few built-in SmartTags, but none that will do this).

Have a look in your headers and footers of your Normal template: the culprit
is often active content in there.

However, it can also be caused by the bookmarks function. When you "Copy"
in MacWord, Word encases the selection in hidden bookmarks. That's because
it doesn't yet know where you are going to Paste, so it can't tell what text
format will be required.

So it marks the selection and puts a link on the Clipboard. Later, when you
DO paste, if the receiving application asks for a format that is not on the
clipboard by default, the system can go back to Word and ask Word's export
filter to "make" the requested format.

It works well, but you get the annoying Prompt to Save if you close the
document before you paste. It "should" clean up the bookmark if you paste
first and then close the document.

Hope this helps


On 26/2/06 8:21 AM, in article
1140902517.993655.24260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ZMS"
<schraginfo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I posted this question in "Word General Questions" and was referred
here.

I am running Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac, v. 11.2, on OS 10.4.5.

When I open a document, copy some text, and then try to close the
document, I am asked, "Do you want to save the changes," even though I
have not made any changes.

I have seen this issue addressed for Windows versions, suggesting that
one turn off smart tags. As best I can tell, the Mac version does not
even have smart tags. I have turned off background repagination. I have
no fields in the document. I do have various macros, but I set up a
template without any macros, and documents created with that template
display the same behavior. I removed all items from my Word startup
folder.

I would appreciate any guidance.

ZMS


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